Tag: France

Diane (early 19th century)

Géricault, Théodore (1791-1824) Diane (Diana) Early 19th century Wash, pen on paper, 17.3 x 12 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The composition is almost identical, with the same dimensions, to a Venus disarming Cupid (New York, Sotheby’s, January 28, 2015, n.…

Deux prophètes (Daniel et Habacuc)

Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Deux prophètes: Daniel et Habacuc (Two prophets: Daniel and Habakkuk) 2nd half of the 18th century Black pencil on paper, 155 x 188 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid During his stay in Naples in 1761, Fragonard copied a…

Au café (c.1897-1899)

Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Au café (At the Café) c.1897–1899 Oil on board, laid on cradled panel, 28.8 x 27.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Vuillard once said, “I don’t do portraits. I paint people in their surroundings.” This scene of…

Le cirque (1889)

Valadon, Suzanne (1865-1938) Le cirque (The Circus) 1889 Oil on fabric, 48.8 x 60 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Besides being a prolific painter, Suzanne Valadon served as the model for Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. The attribution of…

St. Tropez (1894)

Signac, Paul (1863-1935) St. Tropez (The Port of St. Tropez) 1894 Color lithograph Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland See also: • Saint-Tropez (France)

Au Concert Parisien (1887-1888)

Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Au Concert Parisien (At the Concert Parisien) 1887–1888 Conté crayon heightened with white chalk on paper, 31.4 x 23.6 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Despite Georges Seurat‘s brief lifespan, he created a large number of drawings, working…

Étude d’Honoré de Balzac (1891-1892)

Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Étude d’Honoré de Balzac (Study of Honoré de Balzac) 1891–1892 Bronze, 52.7 x 39.4 x 32.4 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland In 1891 Rodin was commissioned to create a monument honoring the celebrated French writer Honoré de…