Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Tigre qui boit (Tiger Drinking) 1853–1855 Oil on compressed board, 25.3 x 39.6 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Tigre qui boit (1853-1855)
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Arcadie (1860)
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Arcadie/Idylle: Famille de l’Antiquité (Arcadia/Idyll: Family from Antiquity) 1860 Oil on canvas, 61.3 x 51.1 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Bouguereau, one of the most successful painters of the nineteenth century, was particularly admired in the United States. He…
L’église de Vernon (1883)
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) L’église de Vernon (The Church at Vernon) 1883 Oil on canvas, 65 x 81.4 cm Private collection “One day, when I happened to be in Vernon, I found the silhouette of the church so remarkable that I absolutely…
Orion aveugle à la recherche du soleil levant (1658)
Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Orion aveugle à la recherche du soleil levant (Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun) 1658 Oil on canvas, 119.1 x 182.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Classical myth provided Poussin with a pretext for one…
A Brazilian Landscape (1650)
Post, Frans (1612-1680) A Brazilian Landscape 1650 Oil on wood, 61 x 91.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York From 1630 to 1654, the Dutch Republic maintained a colony in the north of Brazil. Post accompanied the governor to the…
Le Transport du charbon (1851)
Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899) Le Transport du charbon (The Coal Carriers) 1851 Oil on canvas, 47.62 × 68.26 cm Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus
Paysage avec biches et cerfs (1887)
Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899) Paysage avec biches et cerfs (Landscape with Deer) 1887 Oil on canvas, 45.1 × 73.7 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit
Biches et cerf au repos (1867)
Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899) Biches et cerf au repos (Deer in Repose) 1867 Oil on canvas, 101 × 82.2 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit
Sevrage des veaux (1879)
Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899) Sevrage des veaux (Weaning the Calves) 1879 Oil on canvas, 65.1 x 81.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The scene is probably located on one of the high pasturelands of the Pyrenees. Rosa Bonheur took a trip…
Limier Briquet Hound (c.1856)
Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899) Limier Briquet Hound c.1856 Oil on canvas, 36.8 x 45.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This painting, made from life about 1856, depicts a dog that belonged to a gentleman known as the Vicomte d’Armaille. It…