Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) La Anunciación (Annunciation) c.1650 Oil on canvas, 183 x 225 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The Archangel Gabriel has descended from the heavens and kneels before Mary to announce the birth of Christ. The Angel holds some white…
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) George W. Vanderbilt 1897–1903 Oil on canvas, 208.6 x 91.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A close friend of Whistler, George Washington Vanderbilt II commissioned this full-length portrait in 1897 to hang in Biltmore House,…
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) Gold and Brown: Self-Portrait c.1896–1898 Oil on canvas, 62.5 x 46.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Known for his biting wit, extravagant style, and personal eccentricities, the publicity-conscious Whistler used self-portraiture as a means to…
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) Alice Butt c.1895 Oil on canvas, 51.7 x 38.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Little is known about this painting’s subject, whom Whistler identified as “a little child called ‘Alice Butt‘—charming—quite Italian in type.” Set…
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) Mother of Pearl and Silver: The Andalusian c.1888 (?)-1900 Oil on canvas, 191.5 x 89.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Ethel Philip, Whistler‘s sister-in-law and a favorite subject of the artist, whose likeness appears in…
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl 1861–1863, 1872 Oil on canvas, 213 x 107.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington When Whistler submitted The White Girl to the Paris Salon in 1863, the tradition–bound…
Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) Weeping Nude 1913–1914 Oil on canvas, 110 × 135 cm Munch Museum, Oslo
Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) The Sick Child (Det Syke Barn) 1885–1886 Oil on canvas, 119.5 x 118.5 cm Nationalgalleriet, Oslo Compare: Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) The Sick Child 1907 Tate Britain, London
Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) Self-Portrait (Selvportrett) 1895 Lithograph, 458 × 314 mm Munch Museum, Oslo
Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) Self-Portrait (Selvportrett) 1882 Oil on canvas, 26 × 19 cm Munch Museum, Oslo