Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) Il gusto (The Sense of Taste) c.1614–1616 Oil on canvas, 113.8 x 88.3 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford This jolly, somewhat ragged figure is an embodiment of the sense of taste, and perhaps also an allusion to the sin…
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Allegorie dell’amore: Il rispetto (Four Allegories of Love: Respect) c.1575 Oil on canvas, 186.1 x 194.3 cm National Gallery, London This is one of a series of four paintings by Veronese that concern the trials and rewards of love,…
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Lady Lilith 1867 Watercolor and gouache, 51.3 x 44 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Fascinated by women’s physical allure, Rossetti here imagines a legendary femme fatale as a self-absorbed nineteenth-century beauty who combs her hair…
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) II mangiafagioli (The Bean Eater) 1584–1585 Oil on panel, 57 x 68 cm Galleria Colonna, Roma
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Ragazzo che beve (Boy Drinking) 1582–1583 Oil on canvas, 55.8 x 43.7 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Together with his brother Agostino and cousin Lodovico, Annibale Carracci introduced artistic reforms in Italy based on close observation of…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Infanta Margarita Teresa con vestido rosa (Infanta Margarita Teresa in pink dress) 1654 Oil on canvas, 128 × 99.6 × 3.2 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Margarita was the first child of the marriage between King Philip IV and his…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Les Soupeurs (The Diners) 1901 Oil on cardboard, 47.3 x 62.4 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
Derain, André (1880-1954) Deux roses dans un verre (Two Roses in a Glass Vase) c.1927–1928 Oil on canvas, 41.3 x 33 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Nature morte aux citrons (Still Life with Lemons) 1914 Oil on canvas, 70.2 x 53.8 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Nature morte aux huîtres (Still Life with Oysters) 1876 Oil on canvas, 53.34 × 93.35 cm Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond This large-format still life is among the earliest examples of Gauguin‘s artistic production. When the artist…