Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Felipe IV armado, con un león a los pies (Philip IV in Armour, with a Lion at his Feet) c.1653 Oil on canvas, 234 x 131.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid In its present state the painting…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Felipe IV, cazador (Philip IV in Hunting Dress) 1632–1634 Oil on canvas, 189 x 124 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Between 1635 and 1637, important additions were made to the Torre de la Parada, the king’s hunting…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Felipe IV, a caballo (Philip IV on horseback) c.1635 Oil on canvas, 303 x 317 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Of the equestrian portraits painted for the Hall of Realms, this is the only one with a…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Camille Monet assise sur un banc de jardin (Camille Monet on a Garden Bench) 1873 Oil on canvas, 60.6 x 80.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Monet’s wife, Camille Doncieux, is as easily identifiable here…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La Promeneuse (The stroller, Suzanne Hoschedé) 1887 Oil on canvas, 100.6 x 70.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This painting of Suzanne Hoschedé in the meadows just south of Le Pressoir, Monet‘s home at Giverny,…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Essai de figure en plein-air: Femme à l’ombrelle tournée vers la droite (Woman with a Parasol) 1886 Oil on canvas, 130.5 × 89.3 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Woman with a Parasol facing right and facing left. Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Femme…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Essai de figure en plein-air: Femme à l’ombrelle tournée vers la gauche (Woman with a Parasol) 1886 Oil on canvas, 131 × 88.7 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Woman with a Parasol facing right and facing left. Monet, Claude (1840-1926)…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Portrait de Jeanne Samary en pied (Portrait of Jeanne Samary Standing) 1878 Oil on canvas, 174 x 105 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Jeanne Samary was an actress at the Comedie-Francaise. This portrait of her is perhaps…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of Frederick Rihel on Horseback c.1663 Oil on canvas, 294.5 x 241 cm National Gallery, London This life-size portrait of a man on a rearing horse is an extremely unusual painting. It is one of the largest…