Morisot, Edma (1839-1921) Berthe Morisot c.1865 Oil on canvas, 100 x 71 cm Private collection See also: • Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895)
Berthe Morisot (c.1865)
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La lecture (1873)
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) La lecture (Reading) 1873 Oil on fabric, 46 x 71.8 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland The Impressionists were mostly men with a few notable exceptions, including Berthe Morisot. While Morisot‘s work includes many of the hallmarks of…
Portrait de femme (1917-1918)
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Portrait de femme (Portrait of a Woman) 1917–1918 Oil on canvas, 65 x 48.3 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Born to a Sephardic Jewish family in Livorno, Italy, Modigliani studied briefly in Florence and Venice before moving…
Deux femmes (c.1908)
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Deux femmes (Two Women) c.1908 Bronze, 45.7 x 25.7 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Matisse based this sculpture on a photograph of two women embracing, but translated it into a more compact, three-dimensional composition by fusing their…
Hermes Ordering Calypso to Release Odysseus (c.1670)
Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711) Hermes Ordering Calypso to Release Odysseus c.1670 Oil on canvas, 91.4 x 113.7 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Calypso, reclining on her bed, looks at us with the same charming smile she used on Odysseus. The…
Terminus, the Device of Erasmus (c.1532)
Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Terminus, the Device of Erasmus c.1532 Oil on wood, 21.6 x 21.6 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland In the spirit of the Italian Renaissance, Erasmus of Rotterdam (c. 1466–1536), the celebrated Dutch humanist and scholar,…
Il sacrificio di Isacco (1750s)
Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) Il sacrificio di Isacco (The Sacrifice of Isaac) 1750s Oil on canvas, 56.5 x 75.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland This series of paintings predominantly tells the Old Testament story of Abraham and Isaac, and each of…
Dans les Vagues (1889)
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Dans les Vagues (In the Waves) 1889 Oil on fabric, 92.5 x 72.4 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Gauguin likely painted this work of art during his time in a small coastal village called Pont-Aven where he…
Garçon dans une cape bordée de rouge (1780s)
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Garçon dans une cape bordée de rouge (A Boy in a Red-lined Cloak) 1780s Oil on wood, 20.8 x 16 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland In the course of his long career, Fragonard produced more than 550…
Portrait of a Woman (1646)
Flinck, Govert (1615-1660) Portrait of a Woman 1646 Oil on wood, 71.5 x 59.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Because of an inscription on the back, this painting was long considered a portrait of Anna Maria van Schurman, a prominent…