Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Hélène Fourment putting on a glove c.1632 Oil on oak, 96.6 x 69 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich When compared with the elaborate and imposing full-length portrait of Helene Fourment in the collection (inv. no. 340), the present…
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Une vocation (A Calling) 1896 Oil on fabric, 104 x 71 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Seated on a stone step in the countryside, a young girl has realized that her calling in life is to be…
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Jeune femme assise sur un canapé (Young Woman Seated on a Sofa) c.1879 Oil on canvas, 80.6 × 99.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York At about the time that Morisot depicted this model in her Paris…
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) Femme fumant une cigarette (Woman Smoking a Cigarette) 1890 Oil, watercolor, and graphite over charcoal on paper board, 47 x 29.8 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Around 1890 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec produced a number of works depicting…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Ritratto di giovane uomo (Portrait of a Young Man) c.1480 Tempera with oil glazes on panel, 26.7 x 21.3 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Signed center bottom on cartellino: “IOHANNES BELLINUS” Sitting in the occhio e mezzo (eye…
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Le bain (The Bath) 1885–1886 Oil on canvas, 92.1 x 73.3 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown Acquired by Claude Monet.
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Une Loge à l’Opéra, Au Concert (A Box at the Theater, At the Concert) 1880 Oil on canvas, 99.4 x 80.7 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Jeune fille chrétienne (Young Christian Girl) 1894 Oil on canvas, 65.3 x 46.7 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown See also: • Bretagne (France)
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Portrait de Madame Cézanne (Portrait of Madame Cézanne) 1888–1890 Oil on canvas, 92.7 x 73 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Marie-Hortense Fiquet posed frequently for her husband, Paul Cézanne. The two met in Paris in 1869, when Fiquet was…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Jeune fille rousse en robe de soir (Redheaded Girl in Evening Dress) 1918 Oil on canvas, 116 × 73 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Modigliani‘s portrait of an unidentified sitter, with her vivid hair and strapless dress, suggests how…