Tag: glass

Caballo, pipa y flor roja (1920)

Miró, Joan (1893-1983) Caballo, pipa y flor roja (Horse, Pipe, and Red Flower) 1920 Oil on canvas, 82.6 x 74.9 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Miró painted this work at his home in the Spanish village of Montroig shortly after his first…

Le citron (c.1935)

Braque, Georges (1882-1963) Le citron (The Lemon) c.1935 Oil on canvas, 27.2 x 41.2 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

Madonna col Bambino (c.1480-1485)

Lorenzo di Credi (c.1459-1537) Madonna col Bambino (The Virgin and Child) c.1480–1485 Oil on wood, 71.1 × 49.5 cm National Gallery, London The Virgin Mary is seated directly in front of us. Together with swathes of drapery, she covers almost the…

La table de toilette (1895)

Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) La table de toilette (The Dressing Table) 1895 Oil on canvas, 65.6 x 115 cm Private collection Of the five panels, including the present lot, commissioned by Thadée and Misia Natanson, three can be found in public institutions,…

Due Apostoli (Late 16th century)

Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Due Apostoli (Two Apostles) Late 16th century Oil on canvas, 47 x 38.7 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia This painting is likely a fragment of (or perhaps a study for) a larger painting of the Last Supper. Although the…

El almuerzo (c.1617)

Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) El almuerzo (Luncheon) c.1617 Oil on canvas, 108.5 x 102 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Entered the Hermitage between 1763 and 1796; the collection of Catherine the Great. Diego Velazquez, in whose work Spanish painting reached its zenith,…

Los borrachos, o El triunfo de Baco (1778)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Los borrachos, o El triunfo de Baco (Drunks, or The Triumph of Bacchus) 1778 Etching, drypoint, 39.5 x 46.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Inscription: “Pintura de Don Diego Velázquez con figuras del tamaño natural en el…

Buveuse d’absinthe (1901)

Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Buveuse d’absinthe (Absinthe Drinker) 1901 Oil on canvas, 73 x 54 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Picasso produced this work in the autumn of 1901, during his second trip to Paris, when he was just 22 years old.…