Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Offering the Panal to the Bullfighter 1873 Oil on canvas, 100.6 x 85.1 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown
Offering the Panal to the Bullfighter (1873)
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Bacco (c.1598)
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Bacco (Bacchus) c.1598 Oil on canvas, 95 x 85 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze This painting is part of the author’s early series of half-length portraits painted ‘in chiaro’, which includes works such as the ‘Fruttaiolo’ (Boy with a…
Maddalena penitente (1597)
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Maddalena penitente (Penitent Magdalene) 1597 Oil on canvas, 122.5 x 98.5 cm Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Roma Portrayed in an unadorned environment and sitting on a low chair, as if crushed by the shot from above, with a single ray…
Suonatore di liuto (1595-1596)
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Suonatore di liuto (Lute-Player) 1595–1596 Oil on canvas, 94 x 119 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg This is an early work by Caravaggio, who sought above all to convey the reality and solidity of the surrounding world. We can…
Ritratto di Costanza Alidosi (c.1595)
Fontana, Lavinia (1552-1614) Ritratto di Costanza Alidosi (Portrait of Costanza Alidosi) c.1595 Oil on canvas 157.48 x 119.39 cm National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington Lavinia Fontana depicted the Bolognese noblewoman Costanza Alidosi seated in a sparsely, yet…
The Girl by the Window (1893)
Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) The Girl by the Window 1893 Oil on canvas, 96.5 × 65.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Edvard Munch’s life and art — particularly his iconic work The Scream (1893; National Museum, Oslo) — have come to epitomize modern notions of…
La Clef des champs (1936)
Magritte, René (1898-1967) La Clef des champs (The Key to the Fields) 1936 Oil on canvas, 80 x 60 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid “People who look for symbolic meanings [in my work] fail to grasp the inherent poetry and mystery of…
Le Buveur d’absinthe (c.1859)
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Buveur d’absinthe (The Absinthe Drinker) c.1859 Oil on canvas, 180.5 x 105.6 cm Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen
Le foulard rouge (c.1868-1873)
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le foulard rouge (The Red Kerchief) c.1868–1873 Oil on fabric, 99 x 79.8 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland This painting depicts Monet‘s first wife, Camille, outside on a snowy day passing by the French doors of their…
La Demoiselle de magasin (c.1883-1885)
Tissot, James (1836-1902) La Demoiselle de magasin (The Shop Girl) c.1883–1885 Oil on canvas, 146.1 x 101.6 cm Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto