Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Madonna Greca (The Greek Madonna) c.1460–1465 Oil on panel, 84 x 64 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The so-called ‘Greek Madonna’ by Giovanni Bellini takes its nickname from the Greek μήτηρ Θεού, seen at the top of…
Bellini, Jacopo (c.1400-c.1470) Madonna col Bambino benedicente e cherubini (Madonna and Child Blessing) c.1455 Tempera on wood, 82 x 55 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia Different ideas have been put forward regarding the original provenance of the panel, which, in the…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Nature morte avec pommes, poires et grenades (Still Life with Apples, Pears, and Pomegranates) 1871 or 1872 Oil on canvas, 26.99 × 42.23 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Gustave Courbet was arrested in June 1871 and…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Pêches et cerises (Peaches and cherries) s.d. Oil on canvas, 27 x 17 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires
Cárcova, Ernesto de la (1866-1927) Naturaleza en silencio (Nature in Silence) 1926 Oil on canvas, 73 x 91.5 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Nature morte au melon et aux pêches (Still Life with Melon and Peaches) c.1866 Oil on canvas, 68.3 x 91 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A white rose, grapes and other fruit, a squat gourd, a…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Deux femmes tahitiennes (Two Tahitian Women) 1899 Oil on canvas, 94 x 72.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The canvases that Gauguin sent back to France from the South Seas reflect the license he exercised…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Nature morte avec théière et fruits (Still Life with Teapot and Fruit) 1896 Oil on canvas, 47.6 x 66 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York One of Gauguin’s most treasured possessions was a painting by Cézanne,…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) La Sieste (The Siesta) c.1892–1894 Oil on canvas, 88.9 x 116.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The unaffected grace and communal ease of Tahitian women impressed Gauguin enormously. The artist worked on this painting over…
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Cristo nella casa di Marta e Maria (Christ in the House of Martha and Mary) 1605 Oil on poplar, 125 x 118 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscribed on the stone at the right side of the well:…