Tag: hand

Three Seated Women (1942)

Moore, Henry (1898-1986) Three Seated Women 1942 Pencil, wax crayon, charcoal, wash and pen and ink on paper, 44.6 x 55.2 cm Private collection Three Seated Women exemplifies the highly important technical and stylistic developments Moore achieved in the 1940s. During…

Le Repos (1932)

Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Le Repos (The Rest) 1932 Oil on canvas, 46 x 46 cm Private collection, London Le Repos is a stunning and intimate depiction of Picasso’s “golden muse,” Marie-Thérèse Walter, and is among the most iconic images of his…

Ensor au chevalet (1886)

Ensor, James (1860-1949) Ensor au chevalet (Ensor at his Easel) 1886? Oil on canvas, 58.5 × 40.5 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp

La Femme à l’ombrelle (1872)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Femme à l’ombrelle (The Woman with the Umbrella) 1872 Oil on canvas, 48.2 x 40 cm Private collection Staring out boldly at the viewer, a blue umbrella perched on her shoulder and dressed in an elegant black…

Dr. Pozzi at Home (1881)

Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Dr. Pozzi at Home 1881 Oil on canvas, 201.6 x 102.2 cm Hammer Museum, Los Angeles Samuel-Jean Pozzi (1846–1918) was a pioneer in the field of modern gynecology in France; his practices advanced the reproductive safety and dignity…

Maria de’ Medici (c.1555)

Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Maria de’ Medici c.1555 Oil on poplar, 116 x 90 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Since the early Renaissance the foremost artists and workshops in Florence had worked for the Medici. In 1570, Cosimo I became Grand-Duke of Tuscany, elevating…