Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Bacchante dans un paysage (Bacchante in a Landscape) 1865–1870 Oil on canvas, 30.8 x 61.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This painting is closely related to Bacchante by the Sea, also in the Museum’s collection,…
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Paysage près de Paris (Landscape near Paris) c.1876 Oil on canvas, 50.2 x 60 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Across a grassy field, a row of buildings and two trees line the horizon, which comes about halfway…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait de Madame Brunet (Portrait of Madame Brunet) c.1860–1863, reworked by 1867 Oil on canvas, 132.4 x 100 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles This portrait’s bold brushwork, stark contrasts of light and dark, and frank presentation of the sitter…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) San Girolamo penitente (St. Jerome in Penitence) c.1488–1490 Tempera on panel, h. 21 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze This panel is part of the predella of the of the San Marco Altarpiece. San Marco Altarpiece: Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Pala di…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Orazione nell’orto (Agony in the Garden) c.1500 Tempera on panel, 53.6 x 37.9 cm Capilla Real, Granada
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) San Girolamo (Saint Jerome) c.1498–1505 Tempera on canvas (transferred from panel), 44.5 x 26 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Botticelli’s work originally consisted of four parts: the two central ones carrying an Annunciation scene and the side wings with…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) San Domenico (Saint Dominic) c.1498–1505 Tempera on canvas (transferred from panel), 44.5 x 26 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Botticelli’s work originally consisted of four parts: the two central ones carrying an Annunciation scene and the side wings with…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Compianto sul Cristo morto (Lamentation over the Dead Christ) c.1490–1495 Tempera on poplar panel, 140 x 209.2 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich Botticelli created this depiction of a Pieta for meditation on the Passion, surrounded by female mourners and saints…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Madonna del Libro (Madonna of the Book) 1480–1481 Tempera on panel, 58 x 39.6 cm Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milano This painting depicts the Virgin and Child reading a book that is only partially visible. The layout and decoration of…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Annunciazione di Cestello (Cestello Annunciation) 1489–1490 Tempera on wood, 150 x 156 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Inscriptions: SPIRITUS SANCTUS SUPERVENIET IN TE ET VIRTUS ALTISSIMI OBUMBRABIT TIBI (Luca 1, 35) ECCE ANCILLA DOMINI FIAT MICHI SECUNDUM VERBUM TUUM…