Tag: France

La Baigneuse de Valpinçon (1808)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) La baigneuse, dite Baigneuse de Valpinçon (The Bather, known as The Valpinçon Bather) 1808 Oil on canvas, 146 x 97.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Body of a woman naked from behind seated on the edge of…

Paysage avec un burg en ruine (1842)

Hugo, Victor (1802-1885) Paysage avec un burg en ruine au bord d’un étang dont on distingue l’autre rive (Landscape with a ruined burg at the edge of a pond, the other side of which can be seen) 1842 Pen and…

Le vieux pont (1866)

Hugo, Victor (1802-1885) Le vieux pont (The Old Bridge) 1866 Pen, ink, wash and watercolor, 31.5 x 49.3 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris From 1834, when he went to the north of France and Belgium – where he returned every year…

Conversation in a Park (1746-1748)

Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Conversation in a Park (Gainsborough and his wife?) c.1746–1748 Oil on canvas, 73 × 68 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris An early example of a conversation piece by Gainsborough. Often compared with Gainsborough‘s drawn portrait, from the same…

L’Espérance (1842)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) L’Espérance (Hope) 1842 Oil on canvas, 116.5 × 117 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Circular composition: half-length woman, arms and hands open, white sleeveless tunic under a green drape, face in profile turned to the right. (Louvre)…

La Foi (1842)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) La Foi (Faith) 1842 Oil on canvas, 120 × 110 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Circular composition. Woman with a 3/4 length, dressed in Greek style, diadem on her head, looking at the chalice, ostia, on her…

Landscape with bridge and ruins (1637)

Flinck, Govert (1615-1660) Landscape with bridge and ruins 1637 Oil on wood, 49.5 × 75 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris One of the rare landscapes signed by Flinck, and of completely Rembranesque inspiration, undoubtedly through the master’s drawings, but of fundamental…

Femmes d’Alger dans leur appartement (1834)

Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Femmes d’Alger dans leur appartement (Women of Algiers in their Apartment) 1834 Oil on canvas, 180 × 229 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Compare: Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Femmes d’Alger dans leur intérieur 1849 Musée Fabre, Montpellier     Copies: Fantin-Latour,…