Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Femme et enfant dans le jardin de Bougival (Woman and child in the garden at Bougival) 1882 Oil on canvas, 60.1 x 73.3 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff Art critic Gustave Geffroy said ‘no one represents Impressionism with…
Verrocchio, Andrea del (1435-1488) Madonna col Bambino e due angeli (The Virgin and Child with Two Angels) c.1467–1469 Tempera on wood, 69.2 × 49.8 cm National Gallery, London The focus of this picture is the loving gaze which passes between the…
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) Femme assise dans un jardin (Woman seated in a Garden) 1891 Oil on millboard, 66.7 × 52.8 cm National Gallery, London A young woman is seated in a garden. Although her upper body is turned slightly towards…
Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Portrait of the Artist with his Wife and Daughter c.1748 Oil on canvas, 92.1 × 70.5 cm National Gallery, London This is the earliest known self portrait in oil by Gainsborough, and the only known one of him with…
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Dahlias (Garden at Petit Gennevilliers) 1893 Oil on canvas, 157 x 114 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A leader of the impressionist movement — a central exhibitor and organizing force for several of their exhibitions between 1876 and…
Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) The Temptation in the Garden of Eden c.1600 Oil on oak panel, 84 × 71.3 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London Jan Bruegel the Elder (1568-1625) was the second son of Pieter Bruegel the Elder (ca.…
Boucher, François (1703-1770) La Toilette de Vénus (The Toilette of Venus) 1751 Oil on canvas, 108.3 x 85.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Boucher executed this painting for Madame de Pompadour, the powerful, official mistress of Louis XV and…