Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) Le Cirque bleu (The Blue Circus) 1950 Oil on canvas, 34.9 × 26.7 cm Tate Britain, London Chagall drew inspiration from the theme of the circus throughout his life. As a child in Russia, he had been fascinated…
Duccio di Buoninsegna (c.1255-c.1319) La vocazione degli apostoli Pietro e Andrea (The Calling of the Apostles Peter and Andrew) 1308–1311 Tempera on panel, 42.7 × 45.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington This painting was part of the predella (the bottom tier)…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Nature morte aux poissons (Still Life with Fish) 1923 Oil on canvas, 46.4 x 54.6 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) Le Brochet (The Pike) 1888 Oil on canvas, 41.9 x 80.6 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford In dabs of paint, Sisley captures the light sparkling on this magnificent pike and the bright sprig of herbs nearby. The rumpled linen,…
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) Silver Favourites c.1903 Oil on panel, 110 X 71 cm Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester The verse on the frame is from Wordsworth‘s poem ‘Gold and Silver Fishes in a Vase’. See also: • Wordsworth, William (1770-1850)
Raffaello (1483-1520) La pesca miracolosa (The Miraculous Draught of Fishes, Luke 5: 1-11) c.1515–1516 Cartoon for a tapestry, 322 × 401 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London The Raphael Cartoons are designs for tapestries and were commissioned from Raphael by Pope Leo…
Soutine, Chaïm (1893-1943) Nature morte aux harengs et aux oignons (Still life with herrings and onions) c.1917 Oil on canvas, 61.3 × 37.9 cm Private collection
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) La cena di Emmaus (The Supper at Emmaus) c.1542 Oil on canvas, 156 x 212 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest According to the Gospel of Saint Luke, two of Christ’s disciples, while on their way to Emmaus, met…
Ensor, James (1860-1949) Nature morte aux poissons et coquillages (Still Life with Fish and Shells) 1898 Oil on canvas, 81 x 100.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago © 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SABAM, Brussels
Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516) The Temptation of Anthony Abbot of Egypt 15th Century Oil on oak panel, 88 × 71 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp