Carriera, Rosalba (1675-1757) Ritratto d’uomo (Portrait of a Man) c.1710 Ivory, 76 x 59 mm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Carriera was known throughout Europe for her pastel portraits, but she also pioneered the use of ivory as a support…
Carriera, Rosalba (1675-1757) Autoritratto con il ritratto della sorella (Self-Portrait with the Portrait of her Sister) 1715 Pastel on paper, 71 x 57 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Carriera, Rosalba (1675-1757) Autoritratto come l’inverno (Self-Portrait as Winter) 1730–1731 Pastel on paper, 46.5 x 34 cm Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Jeanne Hébuterne 1918 Oil on canvas, 101 x 65.7 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena See also: • Hébuterne, Jeanne (1898-1920)
De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978) Dr. Albert C. Barnes 1926 Oil on canvas, 92.7 x 73.7 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Dr. Albert C. Barnes acquired and arranged all the works in these galleries between 1912 and 1951. The Italian surrealist Giorgio de Chirico…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) La Femme au panier d’oeufs (Woman with Basket of Eggs) c.1905–1910 Oil on canvas, 35.2 x 27 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Femme aux pigeons (Woman with Pigeons) c.1865 Oil on canvas, 79.7 x 60.6 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Though Gustave Courbet was best known for his early paintings of French peasants, in later decades he focused on scenes of animals,…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Charity 1540 Oil on canvas, 50 x 34 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Venus Frigida (Cold Venus) 1614 Oil on panel, 143 x 184 x 3.8 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp The title refers to Terence: “sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus” (“without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus freezes”)…
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) The Lamentation over the Dead Christ c.1640 Oil on canvas, 115.5 × 207.5 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp Christ’s dead body is laid out across the entrance to a cave, his head resting on Mary’s…