Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Périssoires sur l’Yerres (Boating on the Yerres) 1877 Oil on canvas, 103.51 x 155.89 cm Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee
Périssoires sur l’Yerres (1877)
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Canoe sur la rivière Yerres (1878)
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Canoe sur la rivière Yerres (Canoe on the Yerres River) 1878 Oil on canvas, 65.7 x 81 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena
Olympia (1863)
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Olympia 1863 Oil on canvas, 130.5 x 191 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris When Edouard Manet’s painting Olympia was exhibited in Paris in 1865, it was met by the critics and general public with jeers, laughter, criticism, and distain. Manet had depicted his model, Victorine…
Portrait of a Man, Léal Souvenir (1432)
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Portrait of a Man (Léal Souvenir) 1432 Oil on oak, 33.3 x 18.9 cm National Gallery, London This small portrait is puzzling in many ways. We don‘t know who this man was or why he is holding…
Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife (1434)
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Portrait of Giovanni (?) Arnolfini and his Wife 1434 Oil on oak, 82.2 x 60 cm National Gallery, London This must be one of the most famous paintings in the world, and one of the most intriguing.…
Rendez-vous dans la forêt (1889)
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Rendez-vous dans la forêt (Rendezvous in the Forest) 1889 Oil on canvas, 92 x 73 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Beyond a dense screen of stylized, dark brown tree trunks, bending branches, and sage and moss-green leaves, a…
Paysage exotique (1909)
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Paysage exotique (The Equatorial Jungle) 1909 Oil on canvas, 140.6 x 129.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Two animals with golden yellow, brown, and black fur peer out from behind dense jungle foliage in this stylized, vertical painting.…
Paul Gauguin, Man in Red Beret (1888)
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Paul Gauguin, Man in Red Beret (F 546, No JH number) 1888 Oil on jute, 37 x 33 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam See also: • Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903)
Ritratto di Maffeo Barberini (1598-1599)
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Ritratto di Maffeo Barberini (Portrait of Pope Urban VIII) 1598–1599 Oil on canvas, 124 x 90 cm Private collection, Firenze See also: • Urbanus VIII (Papa)
Estasi di San Francesco (c.1595-1596)
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Estasi di San Francesco (Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy) c.1595–1596 Oil on canvas, 94 x 129.5 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Curatorial Narrative: Caravaggio revolutionized the painting of his era through a theatrical use of light, dramatic narrative, and the naturalistic…