Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Las gigantillas (Little Giants) 1791–1792 Oil on canvas 137 x 104 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Five boys play at riding on each other’s shoulders in the game called “Chicken Fights” or “Horse and Rider” in a setting…
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Autorretrato ante su caballete (Self-portrait at his easel) c.1785 Oil on canvas, 40 x 27 cm Real Academia de San Fernando, Madrid The execution of this canvas coincides with a decisive stage in Goya‘s life in Madrid. In…
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) San Francisco de Borja y el moribundo impenitente (St Francis Borja at the Deathbed of an Impenitent) 1788 Oil on canvas, 350 x 300 cm Catedral de Valencia, Valencia See also: • Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) L’homme au balcon, boulevard Haussmann (Man on a Balcony) 1880 Oil on canvas, 116.5 x 89.5 cm Private collection See also: • Boulevard Haussmann (Paris)
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Partie de bateau, dit Canotier au chapeau haut de forme (Boating Party, or Canotier with the top hat) c.1877–1878 Oil on canvas, 89.5 x 116.7 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris « Partie de bateau » or « Canotier au…
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Le déjeuner (Luncheon) 1876 Oil on canvas, 52 x 75 cm Private collection
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Raboteurs de parquet (Floor Scrapers) 1875 Oil on canvas, 102 x 147 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris This painting is one of the first representations of urban proletariat. Whereas peasants (Gleaners by Millet) or country workers (Stone Breakers by…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Olympia 1863 Oil on canvas, 130.5 x 191 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris With Olympia, Manet reworked the traditional theme of the female nude, using a strong, uncompromising technique. Both the subject matter and its depiction explain the scandal…
Fontana, Lavinia (1552-1614) Ritratto di Ginevra Aldrovandi Hercolani (Portrait of Ginevra Aldrovandi Hercolani) c.1595 Oil on canvas, 114.62 x 94.62 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore Ginevra Aldrovandi’s husband, the Bolognese senator Ercole Hercolani, died in 1593. Her elaborate mourning costume-with costly…
Fontana, Lavinia (1552-1614) Ritratto di famiglia (Family Portrait) 1598–1600 Oil on canvas, 105 x 85 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano