Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) The Girl with the Wineglass (Dame en twee heren) 1658–1660 Oil on canvas, 78 x 67 cm Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Braunschweig Compare: Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) The Glass of Wine 1658–1660 Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) A Maid Asleep (Slapend meisje) 1656–1657 Oil on canvas, 87.6 x 76.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The misbehavior of unsupervised maidservants was a common subject for seventeenth-century Dutch painters. Yet in his depiction of a…
Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window (Brieflezend meisje bij het venster) c.1659 Oil on canvas, 83 x 64.5 cm Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Il festino degli dei (The Feast of the Gods) 1514 Oil on canvas, 170 x 188 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Six women, eight men, two satyrs, and one child gather in pairs and trios in a…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le déjeuner sur l’herbe (Luncheon on the Grass) 1863 Oil on canvas, 207 x 265 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Compare: Ernst, Max (1891-1976) Le Déjeuner sur l’Herbre 1944 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland See also: • Meurent, Victorine (1844-1927)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Le Déjeuner des canotiers (Luncheon of the Boating Party) 1880–1881 Oil on canvas, canvas 130.2 x 175.6 cm The Phillips Collection, Washington Detail of Ellen Andrée drinking in the center. Detail of Aline Charigot. See also: • Andrée, Ellen (1857-1925)…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Ragazzo morso da un ramarro (Boy bitten by a Lizard) c.1594–1595 Oil on canvas, 66 x 49.5 cm National Gallery, London An effeminate youth with curling locks, full lips and a rose tucked behind one ear, recoils in surprise at…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Ragazzo che monda un frutto (Boy peeling a fruit) 1592–1593 Oil on canvas, 75.5 x 64.4 cm Fondazione Roberto Longhi, Villa Il Tasso, Firenze