Derain, André (1880-1954) Nature morte avec cruche de faïence et serviette blanche (Nature morte (Still Life with Earthenware Jug and White Napkin) c.1912 Oil on canvas, 61 x 50 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary) 1891 Oil on canvas, 113.7 x 87.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Before embarking on a series of pictures inspired by Polynesian religious beliefs, Gauguin devoted this, his first major Tahitian…
Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Nature morte aux fleurs et fruit (Still Life with Flowers and Fruit) 1866 Oil on canvas, 73 x 60 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This is one of four still lifes commissioned from the artist…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Chanteuse de rue (Street Singer) c.1862 Oil on canvas, 171.1 x 105.8 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston See also: • Victorine Meurent (1844-1927)
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Adamo ed Eva (Adam and Eve) c.1550 Oil on canvas, 240 x 186 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The painting is a faithful visualisation of Genesis 30, 9-19 in which Eve is blamed for accepting the forbidden fruit (although…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Baccanale degli Andrii (Bacchanal of the Andrians) 1523–1526 Oil on canvas, 175 x 193 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Having delivered the Bacchus and Ariadne in 1523 Titian then painted The Andrians, also inspired by Philostratus. The scene is set…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Omaggio a Venere (Worship of Venus) 1518 Oil on canvas, 172 x 175 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Titian‘s first contribution to the Camerino d’Alabastro was prompted by the death in October 1517 of Fra Bartolommeo from whom Alfonso d’Este…