Tissot, James (1836-1902) Le Confessionnal (The Confessional) 1867 Watercolor on paper, 26.4 x 14.4 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
Le Confessionnal (1867)
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Ritratto di Costanza Alidosi (c.1595)
Fontana, Lavinia (1552-1614) Ritratto di Costanza Alidosi (Portrait of Costanza Alidosi) c.1595 Oil on canvas 157.48 x 119.39 cm National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington Lavinia Fontana depicted the Bolognese noblewoman Costanza Alidosi seated in a sparsely, yet…
Bergère nue couchée (1891)
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Bergère nue couchée (Reclining Nude Shepherdess) 1891 Oil on canvas, 57.5 x 86.4 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Colección Carmen Thyssen In the spring and summer of 1890 -and again in 1891– Berthe Morisot, with her husband Eugène Manet…
Portrait de Félix Fénéon (1890)
Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Portrait de Félix Fénéon (Portrait of Félix Fénéon) 1890 Oil on canvas, 73.5 x 92.5 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York See also: • Fénéon, Félix (1861-1944)
Gertrude Stein (1905-1906)
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Gertrude Stein 1905–1906 Oil on canvas, 100 × 81.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The famous writer and expatriate Gertrude Stein was among the first Americans to respond enthusiastically to European avant-garde art. She held weekly salons…
Cristo morto nel sepolcro e tre dolenti (c.1483)
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Cristo morto nel sepolcro e tre dolenti (The Dead Christ and Three Mourners) c.1483 Tempera on canvas, 68 x 81 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The most convincing hypothesis, despite the uncertainties stemming from the existence of…
Retrato de Manuelita Rosas, estudio (1851)
Pueyrredón, Prilidiano (1823-1870) Retrato de Manuelita Rosas, estudio (Portrait of Manuelita Rosas, study) 1851 Oil on canvas, 37.7 x 30.3 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires There are no surviving sketches by Prilidiano Pueyrredón, except for unfinished works…
Giuditta e Oloferne (1552-1555)
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Giuditta e Oloferne (Judith and Holofernes) 1552–1555 Oil on canvas, 58 x 119 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This is one of seven canvases (P00386, P00388, P00389, P00393, P00394, P00395, P00396) in a group linked by the…
Le Chanteur espagnol (1860)
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Chanteur espagnol (The Spanish Singer) 1860 Oil on canvas, 147.3 x 114.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This painting, which reflects the Parisian vogue for Spanish art and culture during the Second Empire, won…
Isabella de’ Medici Orsini con un cane (early 1560s)
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Isabella de’ Medici Orsini con un cane (Isabella de’ Medici Orsini with a Dog) early 1560s Oil on panel, 88 × 71 cm Private collection, England See also: • Medici, Isabella de’ (1542-1576)