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Frère et soeur bretons (1871)

Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Frère et soeur bretons (Breton Brother and Sister) 1871 Oil on canvas, 129.2 x 89.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Based on sketches Bouguereau made while summering in Brittany in the late 1860s, this picture was…

Mlle V. en costume d’espada (1862)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Mlle V. en costume d’espada (Mademoiselle V. in the Costume of an Espada) 1862 Oil on canvas, 165.1 x 127.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Manet depicted model Victorine Meurent (1844–1927) in the guise of a…

Ritratto di Esmeralda Brandini (c.1470-1480)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Ritratto di Esmeralda Brandini (Portrait of a Lady known as Smeralda Bandinelli) c.1470–1480 Tempera on panel, 65.7 x 41 cm Victoria & Albert Museum, London Sandro Botticelli (1444/5-1510) was trained in Florence in the studio of Fra Filippo Lippi…

Le Déjeuner (1875)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Le Déjeuner (Luncheon) 1875 Oil on canvas, 49.2 x 60 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia The boater hat hanging on the chair tells us that this couple is probably taking a break from a canoe trip. By the late 19th…