Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Anémones et fleurs de pêcher (Anemones and Peach Blossoms) 1944 Oil on canvas, 55.2 × 64.8 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Corbeille de fleurs (Rounded Flower Bed) 1876 Oil on canvas, 59.3 × 81.3 × 1.8 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Monet‘s garden at Argenteuil near Paris provided the subject matter for this painting: a flower bed of…
Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Les Enfants au verger, L’Automne (Children in an Orchard, Autumn) 1871 Oil on cardboard, 35.6 × 27.9 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) San Giuseppe e Gesù Bambino (Saint Joseph and the Christ Child) 1767–1769 Oil on canvas, 154 × 111.3 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit This imposing yet tender representation of Saint Joseph gently cradling the infant Jesus in…
Correggio (c.1489-1534) Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina (The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine) 1510–1515 Oil on panel, 27.7 x 21.4 cm, 0.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Three women, two men, and a baby sit on or stand near a…
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Fair Rosamund 1861 Oil on canvas, 51.9 x 41.7 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff Fair Rosamund (d.c.1176) was the mistress of Henry II. She appears here behind a balustrade in the royal manor of Woodstock. The red…
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Lady Lilith 1867 Watercolor and gouache, 51.3 x 44 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Fascinated by women’s physical allure, Rossetti here imagines a legendary femme fatale as a self-absorbed nineteenth-century beauty who combs her hair…
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Bocca Baciata (Lips That Have Been Kissed) 1859 Oil on panel, 32.1 x 27 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Fanny Cornforth (1835-1909), born Sarah Cox in Sussex, England, modelled frequently for Rossetti, becoming not only his…