Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Vieux Musicien (The Old Musician) 1862 Oil on canvas, 187.4 x 248.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In a review of the 1846 Salon, poet and critic Charles Baudelaire urged artists to depict “the heroism…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Paysage tahitien (Tahitian Landscape) 1892 Oil on canvas, 64.5 x 47.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Although the authorship of this picture was once questioned, cleaning and reexamination have securely demonstrated that it is one…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) La Sieste (The Siesta) c.1892–1894 Oil on canvas, 88.9 x 116.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The unaffected grace and communal ease of Tahitian women impressed Gauguin enormously. The artist worked on this painting over…
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Autoritratto (Self-portrait) c.1555 Oil on panel, 60 x 46.5 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Bronzino (1503-1572) Ritratto di giovane uomo (Portrait of a Young Man) 1530s Oil on wood, 95.6 x 74.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The identity of this arrogant young man is unknown, but he must have belonged to…
Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Mosè alla prova del fuoco (Moses undergoing Trial by Fire) c.1502–1505 Oil on panel, 89 cm x 72 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Adorazione dei pastori Allendale (The Adoration of the Shepherds) 1505–1510 Oil on panel, 90.8 x 110.5 cm cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Four people with pale skin are gathered to our right in a landscape, their heads…
Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) El joven de la estilográfica (Young Man with a Fountain Pen) 1914 Oil on canvas, 79.5 × 63.5 cm Museo Dolores Olmedo, Mexico City
Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) El Picador 1909 Oil on canvas, 177 × 113 cm Museo Dolores Olmedo, Mexico City
Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) Autorretrato con chambergo (Self-portrait with Broad-Brimmed Hat) 1907 Oil on canvas, 84.5 × 61.5 cm Museo Dolores Olmedo, Mexico City