Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) Saint George 1873–1877 Oil on canvas, 156.8 x 56.5 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Saint George (1873-1877)
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Saint Barbara (1866-1870)
Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) Saint Barbara 1866–1870 Egg tempera with oil glazes (?) and shell gold over charcoal and graphite on paper; mounted to canvas, 95.3 x 41.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
The Love Song (1868-1877)
Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) The Love Song 1868–1877 Oil on canvas, 114.3 x 155.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Burne-Jones associated this painting with a refrain from a French folk ballad: “Alas, I know a love song, / Sad or…
Daubigny travaillant sur le Botin près d’Auvers-sur-Oise (1860)
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Daubigny travaillant sur le Botin près d’Auvers-sur-Oise (Daubigny working on his “Botin” near Auvers-sur-Oise) 1860 Oil on canvas, 24.3 x 34 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton This painting is both a lyrical example of Corot’s late landscape…
Houses on a Riverbank (c.1794)
Constable, John (1776-1837) Houses on a Riverbank c.1794 Blue and grey wash over graphite, 14.1 x 17.6 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton The career of John Constable, one of Britain’s most iconic landscape painters, is represented here in its early stage.…
Enée rencontre Didon à Carthage (c.1875)
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Enée rencontre Didon à Carthage (Aeneas Meeting Dido at Carthage) c.1875 Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on buff laid paper, 12 x 18.4 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Verso: This early work by Cézanne belongs to a group of…
San Girolamo penitente (1419-1420)
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) San Girolamo penitente (The Penitent Saint Jerome) 1419–1420 Tempera on wood panel, 56.5 x 41.2 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Although some scholars attribute this painting to the Florentine artists Masolino, Masaccio, and Giovanni Toscani, most favor the…
San Girolamo penitente (1606)
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) San Girolamo penitente (The Penitent Saint Jerome) 1606 Oil on wood panel, 52.7 x 41.6 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton While in the Syrian desert (A.D. 374–379), Jerome was tempted by Satan (the monster in the crevice…
The Trysting Place (1875)
Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) The Trysting Place 1875 Watercolor and gouache over traces of pastel and graphite, 30.5 x 20.5 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton
Blowing the Horn at Seaside (1870)
Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) Blowing the Horn at Seaside 1870 Oil on canvas, 48.9 x 34.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Standing in the brilliant sunlight of midday, a young woman blows a metal horn to summon the farmhands in the nearby…