Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Peasant Woman Cooking by a Fireplace 1885 Oil on canvas, 44.1 x 38.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This work was made in Nuenen in late spring 1885, just after Van Gogh completed The Potato Eaters…
Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Intérieur rouge (Red Interior) 1902 Oil on tan paper mounted to cradled panel, 37.1 x 51.1 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Vuillard never married, and he lived with his mother, a seamstress, for her entire life. He often depicted…
Campin, Robert (c.1378-1444) The Virgin and Child by a Fireplace 1430s Oil on wood panel, 34.3 x 24.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg This is the right wing of the Trinity Diptych (1430s). This altar diptych consists of two scenes, The Trinity…
Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Intérieur ensoleillé (Sunlit Interior) c.1920 Distemper on paper on canvas, 83.2 x 63.8 cm Tate Britain, London This picture appears in the Bernheim-Jeune records under the title used here. Jacques Salomon wrote (20 October 1969) that it represents…
Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) La Cheminée (The Mantelpiece) 1905 Oil on cardboard, 51.4 × 77.5 cm National Gallery, London This picture – a combination of interior scene and still-life painting – shows Vuillard’s room at Château-Rouge in Amfreville, Normandy. His friends Jos and…
Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) Young Man and Woman in an Inn 1623 Oil on canvas, 105.4 x 79.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Painted with the characteristically bold brushwork that Hals had learned from Flemish painting, this picture provides a…
Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) Library Interior with Still Life 1711–1712 Oil on canvas, 68.6 x 57.2 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena Compare: Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) Corner of a Library 1711 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) Room Corner…
Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) Room Corner with Curiosities 1712 Oil on canvas, 75 x 63.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Compare: Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) Corner of a Library 1711 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) Library Interior…
Campin, Robert (c.1378-1444) Saint Barbara 1438 Oil on oak panel, 101 x 47 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Saint Barbara reads by the light of a fireplace in a richly appointed room. The key to her identity lies outside the window…
Ensor, James (1860-1949) L’après-midi à Ostende (Afternoon in Ostend) 1881 Oil on canvas, 111 x 134.1 x 2.5 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp See also: • Ostend (Belgium)