Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Crucifixion of Christ c.1500–1501 Oil on lime, 58.5 × 45 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The small-format panel, which was probably used for private devotion, dates from Cranach‘s first known creative period, which the artist spent in…
Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna del Prato (Madonna of the meadow) 1505–1506 Oil on poplar, 113 × 88.3 × 3.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscription on the hem of Mary’s dress with the year M.d.V. (perhaps also M.D.V.I. to be read) The group,…
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) The Honeysuckle Bower c.1609–1610 Oil on canvas, transferred to wood, 178 x 136.5 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich Rubens returned to Antwerp in 1608 after an eight-year stay in Italy. The following year he married Isabella Brant. This…
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Venus and Adonis probably mid-1630s Oil on canvas, 197.5 x 242.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Rubens took the subject of this painting from the Roman poet Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Accidently pricked by one of Cupid’s…
Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) Rue de village à Marlotte (Village Street in Marlotte) 1866 Oil on canvas, 64.77 x 91.44 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Although Alfred Sisley is considered one of the key figures of Impressionism, he remained somewhat of…
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Bords d’une rivière dominée au loin par des collines (Banks of a River Dominated in the Distance by Hills) c.1871–1873 Oil on canvas, 31.9 x 46 x 3.8 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Promenade dans les prés à Argenteuil (A Walk in the Meadows at Argenteuil) 1873 Oil on canvas, 32.4 x 49.2 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence See also: • Argenteuil (France) | Doncieux, Camille (1847-1879) | Monet, Jean (1867-1914)
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La Seine près de son estuaire, Honfleur (The Seine Near its Estuary, Honfleur) c.1868 Oil on board, 55.6 x 44.5 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence See also: • Honfleur (France)
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Champ et moulin à Osny (Field and Mill at Osny) 1884 Oil on canvas, 54.3 x 65.6 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence See also: • Osny (France)
Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Under the Horse Chestnut Tree 1896–1897 Etching and aquatint, 41 x 29.2 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence