Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Méphistophélès chez Marthe (Mephistopheles at Martha’s House, from Goethe’s Faust) 19th Century Lithograph on paper, 45.6 x 29.6 cm Worcester Art Museum, Worcester See also: • Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832)
Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) Frans Post c.1655 Oil on panel, 27.5 x 23 cm Worcester Art Museum, Worcester Hals is best known for the life-like quality he gave to his subjects through innovative composition and spirited brushwork. The subject of this portrait is…
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) La Boudeuse (The Capricious Girl) c.1718 Oil on canvas, 42 × 34 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg When Watteau was elected a member of the French Academy of Arts, a term was specially invented to describe the kind of…
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) Acteurs de la Comedie-Francaise (Actors of the Comédie-Française) 1711–1712 Oil on panel, 20 × 25 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Watteau was very fond of the play Les trois cousines (The Three Cousins) by Florent Carton, known as Dancourt,…
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) Le voleur du nid de moineaux (The Robber of the Sparrow’s Nest) c.1710 Oil on paper laid on canvas, laid on panel, 22.60 x 18.50 cm Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh Watteau shows a young couple in an idyllic woodland…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) L’Escalier d’Auvers (Stairway at Auvers) 1890 Oil on canvas, 50 × 70.5 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis See also: • Auvers-sur-Oise (France)