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La Laveuse (1917)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Laveuse (Washerwoman) 1917 Bronze, 122.6 x 54.6 x 127 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Renoir conceived Washerwoman as one of a pair of figures. The other, never completed, would have been a blacksmith. The figures were…

La Belle Iseult (1858)

Morris, William (1834-1896) La Belle Iseult 1858 Oil on canvas, 71.8 x 50.2 cm Tate Britain, London This is the only completed easel painting that William Morris produced. It is a portrait in medieval dress of Jane Burden, whom Morris married…

Ariadne (1863-1864)

Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) Ariadne 1863–1864 Watercolor and gouache over graphite on paper, 123.8 x 54 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington

The Love Song (1868-1877)

Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) The Love Song 1868–1877 Oil on canvas, 114.3 x 155.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Burne-Jones associated this painting with a refrain from a French folk ballad: “Alas, I know a love song, / Sad or…

Nudo maschile seduto (c.1618-1624)

Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Nudo maschile seduto (Seated Male Nude) c.1618–1624 Red chalk heightened with white chalk on buff laid paper, 42.2 × 27.2 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Bernini’s graphic oeuvre, which largely consists of quick sketches for sculptural…

The Trysting Place (1875)

Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) The Trysting Place 1875 Watercolor and gouache over traces of pastel and graphite, 30.5 x 20.5 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton

The Dinner Horn (1870)

Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) The Dinner Horn 1870 Wood engraving on newsprint, 35.1 x 22.9 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Compare: Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) Blowing the Horn at Seaside 1870 National Gallery of Art, Washington     Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) The Dinner Horn c.1870 Museum…

The Dinner Horn (1870)

Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) The Dinner Horn 1870 Wood engraving Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Compare: Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) Blowing the Horn at Seaside 1870 National Gallery of Art, Washington     Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) The Dinner Horn c.1870 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston     Homer,…