Nadar (1820-1910) Alexandre Dumas c.1862 Albumen silver print, 14.6 × 10.6 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles See also: • Dumas, Alexandre (1802-1870)
Alexandre Dumas (c.1862)
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Sarah Bernhardt (c.1864)
Nadar (1820-1910) Sarah Bernhardt c.1864 Gelatin silver print, 21.1 × 16.2 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles The extraordinary actress Sarah Bernhardt was about twenty when she posed for Nadar and had barely begun her long and phenomenally successful career. Nadar‘s photograph was…
L’entrée du Christ à Bruxelles (1888)
Ensor, James (1860-1949) L’entrée du Christ à Bruxelles (Christ’s Entry into Brussels in 1889) 1888 Oil on canvas, 252.6 × 431 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles James Ensor took on religion, politics, and art in this scene of Christ entering contemporary…
Musa (c.1725)
Carriera, Rosalba (1675-1757) Musa (A Muse) c.1725 Pastel on laid blue paper, 31 × 26 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles This alluring muse gracefully turns her head to the left, exposing a seductive neck and tender pink earlobe. Transparent gauze covers…
Alabardiere (1529-1530)
Pontormo (1494-1557) Alabardiere (Portrait of a Halberdier) 1529–1530 Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 95.3 x 73 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles Standing before a fortress wall, this well-dressed foot soldier holds a combination spear and battle-axe called a halberd. His…
Euclide (c.1630-1635)
Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) Euclide (Euclid) c.1630–1635 Oil on canvas, 125.1 × 92.4 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles Emerging from deep shadows behind a table, a solemn individual stands displaying a well-worn book with various geometric figures, pseudo-Greek characters, and an…
Natività (c.1420-1422)
Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Natività (Nativity) c.1420–1422 Tempera and gold leaf on panel, 72.1 × 42.6 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles In this painting Gentile da Fabriano combined several different devotional and biblical subjects: the Madonna of Humility, the Nativity, and the…
Incoronazione della Vergine (c.1420)
Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Incoronazione della Vergine (Coronation of the Virgin) c.1420 Tempera and gold leaf on panel, 93 × 64.1 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles The mood is one of lavish ceremony, as Christ places an ornate gold crown upon…
Portrait de Madame Brunet (1867)
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait de Madame Brunet (Portrait of Madame Brunet) c.1860–1863, reworked by 1867 Oil on canvas, 132.4 x 100 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles This portrait’s bold brushwork, stark contrasts of light and dark, and frank presentation of the sitter…
Ritratto di Alfonso D’Avalos, Marchese del Vasto (1533)
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ritratto di Alfonso D’Avalos, Marchese del Vasto (Portrait of Alfonso d’Avalos, Marquis of Vasto) 1533 Oil on canvas, 110 x 80 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles He was a handsome gentleman, well built and tall… who was always exquisitely…