Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Cristo in pietà sorretto da due angeli (Christ as the Suffering Redeemer supported by two angels) 1495–1500 Tempera on panel, 78 x 48 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen The Gospel according to St. Luke begins its account of…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Melancholy 1532 Oil on panel, 61 x 97 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen The sixteenth-century artist Lucas Cranach has become very popular in recent years, prompting a steady succession of exhibitions featuring his mysterious images. SMK…
El Greco (1541-1614) Retrato de un hombre (Portrait of a Man) 1570–1575 Oil on canvas, 116 x 98 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen The chalk holder on the armrest, accompanied by a book with white and red bookmarks, suggests that the…
Schiele, Egon (1890-1918) Crouching human couple / The Family (Kauerndes Menschenpaar / Die Familie) 1918 Oil on canvas, 150 × 160.8 cm Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna A man and a woman, both naked, crouch in the darkness of a room. A child…
David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825) Napoléon au Grand Saint-Bernard (Napoleon at the Great St. Bernard) 1801 Oil on canvas, 275 × 232 cm Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna With the wind at his back – his red cape practically flying ahead of him – Napoleon…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Femme à la fourrure (Lady in a fur) c.1880 Pastel on canvas, 55.8 × 45.8 cm Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna She looks out of the picture confidently. Her hair is carefully styled, the fur is casually draped over her…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Rêveuse (The Dreamer) 1879 Oil on canvas, 51.1 x 61.9 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis This vibrant, colorful work depicts a young, unidentified model that Pierre Auguste Renoir painted at his studio in the Montmartre district…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Diego Rivera 1916 Oil on paper, 100.5 x 81 cm Museu de Arte, São Paulo Modigliani’s characters have the Gothic, lanky behavior of a sunflower reaching up to celebrate heliotropism, as evinced in the other five portraits that integrate…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) L’artiste, Portrait de Marcellin Desboutin (The Artist, Portrait of Marcellin Desboutin) 1875 Oil on canvas, 195.5 x 131.5 cm Museu de Arte, São Paulo See also: • Desboutin, Marcellin (1823-1902)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Portrait de Coco (Portrait of Coco, Claude Renoir) 1903–1904 Oil on canvas, 28.5 x 24 cm Museu de Arte, São Paulo Portrait of Renoir’s third son Claude, nicknamed “Coco,” born in 1901, which points to a dating of the…