Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Santa Águeda (Saint Agatha) c.1635–1640 Oil on canvas, 129 × 61 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier The prefect Quintianus wants to marry the beautiful and noble Sicilian Agathe; having dedicated her life to Christ, she refuses. So he makes…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) La Rencontre ou Bonjour Monsieur Courbet (The Meeting or Hello M. Courbet) 1854 Oil on canvas, 132.40 x 151 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier Montpellier, painted by the artist for Alfred Bruyas (1821-1877), 1854; gift from Alfred Bruyas to the…
Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Étude de nu, dit Nu couché (Nude Study, known as Reclining Nude) 1864 Oil on canvas, 70.50 x 190.50 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Julie Rêveuse (Julie Daydreaming) 1894 Oil on canvas Private collection See also: • Manet, Julie (1878-1966)
Masolino da Panicale (c.1383-c.1440) Tentazione di Adamo ed Eva (Temptation of Adam and Eve) 1425 Fresco, 208 x 88 cm Cappella Brancacci, Firenze
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La tasse de chocolat (Cup of Chocolate) c.1914 Oil on canvas, 58.3 x 49.4 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Depicted at a café table in a moment of quiet reverie, Renoir‘s model invites us to pause and imagine the swirls…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La tasse de chocolat (The Cup of Chocolate) 1877–1878 Oil on canvas, 100.8 x 81.5 cm Louvre, Abu Dhabi Compare: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Femme prenant du chocolat c.1912 Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) La tasse de chocolat c.1914…
Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna Garvagh / Madonna Aldobrandini (Garvagh Madonna or Aldobrandini) c.1510–1511 Oil on wood, 38.9 × 32.9 cm National Gallery, London This is one of several small and medium-sized Madonnas made by Raphael in the years immediately following his arrival in…
Schiele, Egon (1890-1918) Portrait of the artist’s wife, Edith Schiele (Bildnis der Frau des Künstlers, Edith Schiele) 1918 Oil on canvas, 139.8 × 109.8 cm Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna “One evening Schiele was invited with his wife. She was completely covered by…
Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) San Gregorio (Saint Gregory) 1473 Oil on panel, 125 x 63 cm Museo Regionale, Messina This is the left panel of the Saint Gregory Polyptych. Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Polittico di San Gregorio 1473 Museo Regionale, Messina See…