Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) La Sieste (The Siesta) c.1892–1894 Oil on canvas, 88.9 x 116.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The unaffected grace and communal ease of Tahitian women impressed Gauguin enormously. The artist worked on this painting over…
Bellotto, Bernardo (1721–1780) La fortezza di Königstein, cortile col Magdalenenburg (The Fortress of Königstein: Courtyard with the Magdalenenburg) 1756–1758 Oil on canvas, 48.3 x 78.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Königstein Fortress (Germany)
Bellotto, Bernardo (1721–1780) La fortezza di Königstein (The Fortress of Königstein) 1756–1758 Oil on canvas, 133 x 235.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In the distance, a fortress sits on a rocky plateau below a sky filled with lightly…
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) San Giovanni Battista nel deserto (St. John the Baptist in the Desert) 1586 Oil on copper, 34.50 x 26 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier
Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Pala di Castelfranco (Castelfranco Madonna) c.1503–1504 Oil on panel, 200 x 152 cm Duomo, Castelfranco Veneto
Giorgione (c.1477-1510) & Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Venere dormiente (Sleeping Venus) c.1508–1510 Oil on canvas, 108.5 x 175 cm Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden The painting is one of the most famous works of the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister Dresden. It was probably commissioned by…
Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Giudizio di Salomone (The Judgement of Solomon) c.1505 Oil on panel, 89 cm x 72 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Giuditta con la testa di Oloferne (Judith with the Head of Holofernes) 1504 Oil on canvas, 144 cm x 68 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Giorgione‘s work largely determined the development of 16th-century Venetian painting. There are but…
Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Adorazione dei pastori Allendale (The Adoration of the Shepherds) 1505–1510 Oil on panel, 90.8 x 110.5 cm cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Four people with pale skin are gathered to our right in a landscape, their heads…
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Eugène Manet et sa fille dans le jardin de Bougival (Eugène Manet and His Daughter in the Garden at Bougival) 1883 Oil on canvas, 60 x 73.5 cm Private collection See also: • Bougival (France) | Eugène Manet (1833-1892) | Julie Manet (1878-1966)