Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Madame Édouard Manet c.1873 Oil on canvas, 100.3 x 78.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Manet undertook only six portraits of his wife, the Dutch pianist Suzanne Leenhoff, in the years after their marriage in…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) George Moore au café (George Moore at the Café) 1878 or 1879 Oil on canvas, 65.4 x 81.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In this unfinished portrait of 1878 or 1879, Manet depicts the Irish…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Bal masqué à l’Opéra (Masked Ball at the Opera) 1873 Oil on canvas, 59.1 x 72.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Manet came from a well–to–do family, and this painting provides a glimpse of the sophisticated…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) L’Acteur tragique, Rouvière dans le rôle d’Hamlet (The Tragic Actor, Rouvière as Hamlet) 1866 Oil on canvas, 187.2 x 108.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A bearded man with light skin, wearing a black costume and…
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) 1505 Oil on panel, 89 cm x 72 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze