Tag: Germany

Madonna and Child (1512)

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Madonna and Child 1512 Oil on lime, 49.3 × 37.4 × 2.8 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscription on the top right with the monogram, dat. 1512 The relatively small-format painting was certainly intended as a private devotional picture;…

Le Déjeuner sur l’Herbre (1944)

Ernst, Max (1891-1976) Le Déjeuner sur l’Herbre (Lunch on the Grass) 1944 Oil on canvas, 68 x 150 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Scientific analysis of this painting shows that the black background was added last. A frightening fish isn’t…

Arm of Eve (1507)

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Arm of Eve 1507 Point of brush and gray and black wash, brush and gray and black wash, heightened with white gouache, 34.4 x 26.7 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland The blue paper that Dürer used to…

The Witch (1941)

Ernst, Max (1891-1976) The Witch 1941 Oil on canvas, 24.5 × 19 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Like many avant-garde European artists of his generation, Ernst was influenced by Sigmund Freud’s writings on the unconscious, the irrational, and the uncanny.…

Sudarium held by two angels (1513)

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Sudarium held by two angels 1513 Engraving, 10 x 13.9 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Although Dürer made several celebrated series of Passion engravings, this related image of Christ’s head crowned with thorns is a stand-alone print;…

The Doom Fulfilled (1888)

Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) The Doom Fulfilled 1888 Oil on canvas, 155 x 140.5 cm Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart Study: Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) Perseus and Andromeda 1875 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago     This picture, like other members of the series, draws upon…

Staatsgalerie Stuttgart

Opened: 1843 Address: Konrad-Adenauer-Straße 30-32, 70173 Stuttgart, Germany Website: https://www.staatsgalerie.de/en.html Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also: •…

Oysters (1891)

Scholderer, Otto (1834-1902) Oysters (Austern) 1891 Oil on canvas, 25 x 42 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff