Tag: foliage

Saint Veronica (c.1470-1475)

Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Saint Veronica (obverse) c.1470–1475 Oil on panel, 30.3 x 22.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Reverse: Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Chalice of Saint John the Evangelist c.1470–1475 National Gallery of Art, Washington    

Nounou avec enfant (1877-1878)

Gonzalès, Eva (1849-1883) Nounou avec enfant (Nanny and Child) 1877–1878 Oil on canvas, 65 x 81.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Although a close associate of the impressionists who shared their dedication to the portrayal of modern life, Eva Gonzalès never…

The Nymph of the Spring (after 1537)

Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) The Nymph of the Spring after 1537 Oil on panel, 48.4 x 72.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington The nymph reclines beside a spring, perhaps a reference to a legendary ancient Roman fountain with which a…

Wivenhoe Park, Essex (1816)

Constable, John (1776-1837) Wivenhoe Park, Essex 1816 Oil on canvas, 56.1 x 101.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington We look out onto a landscape with low, grassy hills to the left, a lake to the right, and a brick building in…

The White Horse (1818-1819)

Constable, John (1776-1837) The White Horse 1818–1819 Oil on canvas, 127 x 183 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington This six-foot-wide canvas was something new for a 19th-century artist: it’s a sketch the same size as the final painting (now in the…

Salisbury Cathedral from Lower Marsh Close (1820)

Constable, John (1776-1837) Salisbury Cathedral from Lower Marsh Close 1820 Oil on canvas, 73 x 91 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Compare: Constable, John (1776-1837) Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop’s Grounds c.1825 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York     Constable, John (1776-1837) Salisbury…

Paesaggio fluviale (c.1590)

Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Paesaggio fluviale (River Landscape) c.1590 Oil on canvas, 88.3 x 148.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington It might be said that with paintings like this one, Annibale Carracci invented the landscape as a subject for Italian baroque…