Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) La Inmaculada Concepción (The Immaculate Conception) 1662–1665 Oil on canvas, 172 x 298 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Inscription: On the phylactery held by two angels: “IN PRINCIPIO DILEXIT EAM”. Part of a series of four large…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Blonde à la rose (Blonde Girl with a Rose) c.1915–1917 Oil on canvas, 64 x 54 cm Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris Renoir painted this portrait of Andrée-Madeleine Heuschling towards the end of his life. She was then aged just…
Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Portrait of Margaret Gainsborough c.1778 Oil on canvas, 76.6 x 63.8 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This intimate portrait may have been painted to celebrate the 50th birthday of Thomas Gainsborough’s wife, Margaret (around 1728-1798). He portrayed her…
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) L’Espérance (Hope) 1842 Oil on canvas, 116.5 × 117 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Circular composition: half-length woman, arms and hands open, white sleeveless tunic under a green drape, face in profile turned to the right. (Louvre)…
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) La sortie du bain (After the Bath) 1846 Pastel on canvas, 89 × 116 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Autoportrait à la pipe (Self-portrait with a pipe) 1871 Charcoal on wove paper, 81.5 × 65 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Charcoal on heterogeneous brown industrial wove paper, probably wrapping paper. Label on the back of the montage:…
Bronzino (1503-1572) Testa di donna inclinata, sorridente, occhi bassi (Woman’s head tilted, smiling, eyes downcast) c.1543 Black chalk on paper, 28.8 × 21.6 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Study for the young woman appearing on the far left of the composition…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Ritratto d’uomo (Portrait of a man) c.1475 Oil on wood, 32.8 × 25.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Madonna col Bambino e San Giovannino (Madonna and Child with little Saint John) s.d. Oil on wood, 53 × 45 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Madonna col Bambino tra San Pietro e San Sebastiano (Madonna and Child between Saint Peter and Saint Sebastian) c.1475 Oil on wood, 82.7 × 58.7 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris