Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) The Annunciation c.1465–1470 Oil on wood, 186.1 x 114.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York One of the largest surviving depictions of the Annunciation, this imposing painting was most likely commissioned by Ferry de Clugny, whose family coat…
Boucher, François (1703-1770) Madame de Pompadour 1759 Oil on canvas, 91 x 68 cm Wallace Collection, London Pompadour has been famous for the important position as a patron and in politics that she obtained as Louis XV’s mistress. Because of her great…
Boucher, François (1703-1770) Le Bain de Vénus (The Bath of Venus) 1751 Oil on canvas, 107 x 84.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In Enlightenment France the dedicated search to define truth engendered a re–evaluation of the natural. The belief that…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Le Jardin de Pissarro, quai du Pothuis à Pontoise (Pissarro’s Garden, Quai du Pothuis in Pontoise) 1881 Oil on canvas, 66 x 54.4 cm Private collection Verso: Deux esquisses d’autoportrait Esquisse d’autoportrait I (Self-portrait sketch 1) Esquisse d’autoportrait…
Butler, Theodore Earl (1861-1936) La Maison Bleue de Claude Monet à Giverny (Claude Monet’s Blue House in Giverny) 1924 Oil on canvas, 55.9 x 45.7 cm Private collection Theodore Earl Butler’s La Maison Bleue de Claude Monet à Giverny captures the…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Hôpital Saint-Paul à Saint-Rémy-de-Provence (Hospital Saint Paul at Saint Rémy de Provence) 1889 Oil on canvas, 63.4 x 49 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Compare: Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Hôpital à Saint-Remy 1889 Hammer Museum, Los Angeles See also:…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Hôpital à Saint-Remy (Hospital at Saint-Rémy) 1889 Oil on canvas, 92.2 x 73.4 cm Hammer Museum, Los Angeles Compare: Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Hôpital Saint-Paul à Saint-Rémy 1889 Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Monastère Saint-Paul-de-Mausole (Saint-Rémy-de-Provence)
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le Jardin de l’artiste à Argenteuil / Les Dahlias (The Artist’s Garden in Argenteuil, A Corner of the Garden with Dahlias) 1873 Oil on canvas, 61 x 82.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A bank of flowering bushes,…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le Jardin de l’artiste à Vétheuil (The Artist’s Garden at Vétheuil) 1881 Oil on canvas, 151.5 x 121 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A small child stands facing us on a sun-dappled path that runs up the center…
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Les marionnettes (The puppets) 1775–1778 Oil on canvas, 68.5 x 89.8 cm Louvre, Abu Dhabi