Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Capucines (Nasturtiums) 1892 Oil on canvas, 65 x 54 cm Private collection
Capucines (1892)
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L’homme au balcon, Boulevard Haussmann (1880)
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) L’homme au balcon, boulevard Haussmann (Man on a Balcony) 1880 Oil on canvas, 116.5 x 89.5 cm Private collection See also: • Boulevard Haussmann (Paris)
Les orangers (1878)
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Les orangers (The Orange Trees) 1878 Oil on canvas, 154.94 x 116.84 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Houston With brilliant hues of reds, greens, purples, and yellows, laid down in the flickering brushwork typical of Impressionism, Gustave Caillebotte…
Chaumière à Trouville (1882)
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Chaumière à Trouville (Cottage at Trouville) 1882 Oil on canvas, 54 x 65 cm Private collection See also: • Trouville-sur-Mer (France)
Olympia (1863)
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Olympia 1863 Oil on canvas, 130.5 x 191 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris With Olympia, Manet reworked the traditional theme of the female nude, using a strong, uncompromising technique. Both the subject matter and its depiction explain the scandal…
Rodolfo II in veste di Vertunno (c.1590)
Arcimboldo, Giuseppe (1526-1593) Rodolfo II in veste di Vertunno (Rudolf II as Vertumnus) c.1590 Oil on panel, 68 x 56 cm Skoklosters Slott, Sweden See also: • Rudolf II (1552-1612)
Primavera (1573)
Arcimboldo, Giuseppe (1526-1593) Primavera (Spring) 1573 Oil on panel, 76 x 63.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The four seasons, © Musée du Louvre/A. Dequier – M. Bard Origin: Series of four paintings (R.F. 1964-30 to 33) representing the Seasons, most…
Madonna at the Fountain (1439)
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Madonna at the Fountain 1439 Oil on panel, 19 x 12 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp Inscriptions: frame, lower: A XAN/ IOHES DE EYCK ME FECIT + PLEVIT ANO 1439° The Virgin Mary lovingly cradles the…
The Annunciation (c.1434-1436)
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) The Annunciation c.1434–1436 Oil on canvas transferred from panel, 90.2 x 34.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A play and a painting appear to have merged in Jan van Eyck’s dramatic Annunciation, which is rich with…
Hush! (1875)
Tissot, James (1836-1902) Hush! 1875 Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 112.2 cm Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester Modern life was the central theme of Tissot‘s art, with a focus on bourgeois social behaviour. His genre pieces typically dwelt on social nicety, flattering…