Raffaello (1483-1520) L’annunciazione (The Annunciation) 1502–1504 Tempera grassa on wood transferred to canvas, 39 x 190 cm Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vaticano This painting is the left part of the predella of the Oddi Altarpiece. The Crowning of the Virgin was painted for the altar…
Magritte, René (1898-1967) La condition humaine (The Human Condition) 1935 Oil on canvas, 100 x 81 cm Private collection
Magritte, René (1898-1967) La condition humaine (The Human Condition) 1933 Oil on canvas, 100 x 81 x 1.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Two of Magritte‘s favored themes were the “window painting” and the “painting within a painting.” The Human Condition…
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Un Bureau de coton à La Nouvelle-Orléans (A Cotton Office in New Orleans) 1873 Oil on canvas, 73 x 92 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts, Pau See also: • New Orleans, LA (USA)
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Une Mendiante romaine (A Roman Beggar Woman) 1857 Oil on canvas, 100.3 x 75.2 cm Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Monsieur et Madame Édouard Manet 1868–1869 Oil on canvas, 65 x 71 cm Kitakyushu Museum of Art, Kitakyushu Degas presented this portrait to his friends, Mr. and Mrs. Manet. Manet looks to be listening to the piano being…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Autoportrait au chapeau (Self-Portrait with Cap) 1878–1879 Oil on canvas, 95.4 x 63.4 cm Artizon Museum, Tokyo Manet is best known for depicting the manners and customs of modern Paris, but he was also a master of portrait…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Jeune fille endormie au chat (Sleeping Girl with a cat) 1880 Oil on canvas, 120.3 x 91.9 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown A young woman dozes in a chair, her striped stockings and plain skirt suggesting her humble background.…
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) George W. Vanderbilt 1897–1903 Oil on canvas, 208.6 x 91.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A close friend of Whistler, George Washington Vanderbilt II commissioned this full-length portrait in 1897 to hang in Biltmore House,…
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) At the Piano 1858–1859 Oil on canvas, 67.63 x 93.35 cm Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati