Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Jeunes filles au piano (Young Girls at the Piano) 1892 Oil on canvas, 116.5 x 89.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg When the Minister of Fine Arts of France, Henri Roujon, consented to have a Renoir permanently displayed in…
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) La Liberté guidant le peuple. Le 28 juillet 1830 (Liberty Leading the People. July 28, 1830) 1830 Oil on canvas, 260 x 325 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Other title: Une Barricade (A Barricade) Inscription: “Eug. Delacroix.1830” (in…
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Portrait of Barbara Dürer, née Holper (Porträt der Barbara Dürer, geb. Holper) c.1490 Oil on panel, 47.5 x 39.5 cm Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg See also: • Dürer, Barbara (c.1451-1514)
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Portrait of Albrecht Dürer the Elder (Bildnis des Albrecht Dürer des Älteren) 1490 Oil on panel, 47.5 x 39.5 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze See also: • Dürer the Elder, Albrecht (c.1427-c.1502)
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Self-Portrait or Portrait of the Artist Holding a Thistle 1493 Parchment glued on canvas, 56.5 x 44.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Dürer‘s first painted self-portrait, possibly an engagement portrait – the thistle or panicaut (eryngium), which Dürer…
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Virgen con el Niño (Virgin and Child) 1670s Oil on canvas, 165.7 x 109.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Like Zurbarán and Velázquez, Murillo was trained in Seville, where he spent his whole career. Often referred…