Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) Alice Butt c.1895 Oil on canvas, 51.7 x 38.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Little is known about this painting’s subject, whom Whistler identified as “a little child called ‘Alice Butt‘—charming—quite Italian in type.” Set…
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl 1861–1863, 1872 Oil on canvas, 213 x 107.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington When Whistler submitted The White Girl to the Paris Salon in 1863, the tradition–bound…
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) At the Piano 1858–1859 Oil on canvas, 67 x 91.6 cm Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Las Meninas, o La familia de Felipe IV (Las meninas or The Family of Philip IV) 1656 Oil on canvas, 320.5 x 281.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This is one of Velázquez‘s largest paintings and among…
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Agostina 1866 Oil on canvas, 132.4 x 97.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) The Three Ages of Woman (Die drei Lebensalter der Frau) 1905 Oil on canvas, 171 x 171 cm Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Roma
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) La familia de Carlos IV (The Family of Carlos IV) 1800 Oil on canvas, 280 x 336 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This portrait of the family of King Carlos IV (1748-1819) was painted in Aranjuez and Madrid…
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Las floreras, o La Primavera (The Flower Girls, or Spring) 1786 Oil on canvas, 277 x 192 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid A young woman holding a girl by the hand receives a rose from another who kneels…
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) María Teresa de Borbón y Vallabriga 1783 Oil on canvas, 134.5 x 117.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A young girl with pale skin, rosy cheeks, and blond hair stands facing us in front of a…
Fontana, Lavinia (1552-1614) Ritratto di ragazza (Portrait of a Girl) 1580–1583 Oil on metal, diameter 10 cm Private collection