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Celia Thaxter in Her Garden (1892)

Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Celia Thaxter in Her Garden (In the Garden) 1892 Oil on canvas, 56.5 x 45.7 cm Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington Celia Thaxter in 1899. See also: • Appledore Island, ME (USA) | Thaxter, Celia (1835-1894)

Thaxter’s Garden (1892)

Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Thaxter’s Garden 1892 Watercolor on paper, 50.2 x 35.8 cm Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington See also: • Appledore Island, ME (USA) | Thaxter, Celia (1835-1894)

Santa Isabel de Portugal (c.1635)

Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Santa Isabel de Portugal c.1635 Oil on canvas, 184 x 98 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Born as princess of Aragon in 1271, the daughter of Peter III “the Great” and grand-daughter of James I “the…

San Gregorio e Santi (1625-1626)

Guercino (1591-1666) San Gregorio e Santi (Saint Gregory the Great with Saints Ignatius Loyola and Francis Xavier) c.1625–1626 Oil on canvas, 296 x 211 cm National Gallery, London This altarpiece commemorates one of the most important events of the papacy…

Susanna e i vecchioni (1617)

Guercino (1591-1666) Susanna e i vecchioni (Susanna and the Elders) 1617 Oil on canvas, 176 x 208 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Historian Denis Mahon has masterfully shown that this painting and two other famous works by Guercino –Lot and…

Parahi te marae (c. 1892)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Parahi te marae (There Is the Temple) c.1892 Watercolor over graphite on Japanese paper, 18.5 x 22.9 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA Compare: Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Parahi Te Marae 1892 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia     See…

Ia Orana Maria (1891)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary) 1891 Oil on canvas, 113.7 x 87.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Before embarking on a series of pictures inspired by Polynesian religious beliefs, Gauguin devoted this, his first major Tahitian…