Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le melon (The Melon) c.1880 Oil on canvas, 46.67 × 56.52 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Compare: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le melon c.1880 National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Le melon (c.1880)
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Poires (1880)
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Poires (Pears) 1880 Oil on canvas, 19.05 × 24.13 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Two green pears lit from the upper right sit on a pale blue tabletop or ledge against a dark background in this horizontal…
La Sagrada Familia con María Magdalena (c.1590-1595)
El Greco (1541-1614) La Sagrada Familia con María Magdalena (The Holy Family with Mary Magdalene) c.1590–1595 Oil on canvas, 130 x 100 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland The seemingly weightless figures, the startling color combinations, and the moody, imprecise setting…
Le Repos (1879)
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Le Repos (Rest) 1879 Oil on fabric, 164.5 x 117.8 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland One of the most celebrated academic painters of his time, Bouguereau underscores the moral virtues of the Italian peasants in this painting…
I primi frutti della terra offerti a Saturno (1555-1556)
Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) I primi frutti della terra offerti a Saturno (The First Fruits of the Earth Offered to Saturn) 1555–1556 Pen, ink and chalk, 17.2 x 39.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The drawing, surely from the hand…
La Sacra Famiglia con Santa Maria Maddalena (c.1495-1500)
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) La Sacra Famiglia con Santa Maria Maddalena (The Holy Family with Saint Mary Magdalen) c.1495–1500 Distemper on canvas, 57.2 x 45.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The composition of this late picture by Mantegna was inspired…
Le goûter (c.1880)
Bracquemond, Marie (1840-1916) Le goûter (The tea in the afternoon) c.1880 Oil on canvas, 99.5 x 79 cm Petit Palais, Paris See also: • Quivoron, Louise (1849-?)
Nature morte aux fraises (1914)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Nature morte aux fraises (Still Life with Strawberries) 1914 Oil on canvas, 24.4 x 44.8 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Still-life paintings often suggest a human presence, implying the viewer’s bodily relationship to a tabletop and investing inanimate…
Little Girl with a Pear (1889-1893)
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Little Girl with a Pear 1889–1893 Pastel on tan paper, 41.8 x 33.3 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown
Pêches et raisins (1894)
Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Pêches et raisins (Peaches and Grapes) 1894 Oil on canvas, 27.3 x 36.4 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown