Tag: France

Paysannes bretonnes dans un champ (1889)

Bernard, Émile (1868-1941) Paysannes bretonnes dans un champ (Breton peasant women in a field) 1889 Watercolor and charcoal on paper, 21.8 x 15.6 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris See also: • Bretagne (France)

Un orientale in piedi (s.d.)

Bellini, Gentile (c.1429-1507) Un orientale in piedi (A standing Oriental, three-quarters to the left, wearing a turban) s.d. Pen and brown ink, 20.7 x 11.4 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris

Bacchanale (1625-1626)

Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Bacchanale (Bacchanal) 1625–1626 Oil on canvas, 122 x 169 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This is a traditional scene from the iconography of Bacchus, the Roman god of wine. It depicts his meeting with Ariadne on the island…

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.…