Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Self-portrait c.1638 Oil on canvas, 110 × 85.5 × 2.4 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscription: P.P. RUBINS (!) added later on the left of the column Despite his great successes, Rubens was always ambivalent about court life.…
Guercino (1591-1666) Ritorno del figliol prodigo (Homecoming of the Prodigal Son) 1619 Oil on canvas, 107 × 143.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Compare: Guercino (1591-1666) Il ritorno del figliol prodigo 1654–1655 Timken Museum of Art, San Diego
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Crucifixion of Christ c.1500–1501 Oil on lime, 58.5 × 45 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The small-format panel, which was probably used for private devotion, dates from Cranach‘s first known creative period, which the artist spent in…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Judith with the head of Holofernes c.1530 Oil on lime, 87.7 × 58.1 × 2.4 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Through courage and cunning, the Old Testament heroine had succeeded in penetrating Holofernes’ tent camp, which had…
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Family of Jan Brueghel the Elder 1613–1615 Oil on panel, 95.2 x 125.1 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London See also: • Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) | Brueghel, Jan the Younger (1601-1678)
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) The Honeysuckle Bower c.1609–1610 Oil on canvas, transferred to wood, 178 x 136.5 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich Rubens returned to Antwerp in 1608 after an eight-year stay in Italy. The following year he married Isabella Brant. This…
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Hélène Fourment with two of her children (Clara Johanna, born in 1632, and Frans, born in 1633) c.1636 Oil on panel, 115 x 85 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Painted around 1636, given the ages of the…
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Hélène Fourment putting on a glove c.1632 Oil on oak, 96.6 x 69 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich When compared with the elaborate and imposing full-length portrait of Helene Fourment in the collection (inv. no. 340), the present…
Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Étude pour “Le Chahut” (Study for “Le Chahut”) 1889 Oil on canvas, 55.24 x 46.99 cm; with the artist’s frame, 67.63 x 58.42 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Study for Le Chahut is the larger and later of…
Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) A Caricature Group (Sir Charles Turner, Mr. Cook, Mr. John Woodyeare, and Rev. Dr. William Drake) c.1751 Oil on canvas, 62.9 x 48.3 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence