Tag: fruit

La Bascule (c.1750-1752)

Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) La Bascule (The See-Saw) c.1750–1752 Oil on canvas, 120 x 94.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid This canvas forms the pair to a painting in the Toledo Museum of Art entitled Blind Man’s Buff (Le Colin-Maillard). Both were in…

Le melon (c.1880)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le melon (The Melon) c.1880 Oil on canvas, 32.6 × 44.1 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Compare: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le melon c.1880 National Gallery of Art, Washington    

Gamin aux cerises (c.1858)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Gamin aux cerises (Boy with Cherries) c.1858 Oil on canvas, 65.5 x 54.5 cm Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa Behind the irreverent cheerfulness of the sitter, this portrait hides the tragedy of his fate. Alexandre, who washed Manet’s paintbrushes…

Nature morte avec mandoline (1920)

Severini, Gino (1883-1966) Nature morte avec mandoline (Still life with mandolin) 1920 Tempera on paper, 32 x 49 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The painting is a particularly finished still life study of very high quality, made in the early…

Natura morta con la fruttiera (1918)

Severini, Gino (1883-1966) Natura morta con la fruttiera (Still Life with Fruit Dish) 1918 Oil on canvas, 61 x 72 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Severini, recalling in his Memories, the time he spent with his family in Aix-Les-Bains in…