Legros, Alphonse (1837-1911) Étude de tête (Study of a Head) Mid 1800s-early 1900s Oil on canvas, 43.5 x 33.3 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978) Il poeta e la sua musa (The Poet and His Muse) c.1925 Oil and tempera on canvas, 91.1 x 73.7 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Though many of his paintings predate the start of Surrealism, Giorgio de…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Nu bleu IV (Blue Nude IV) 1952 Blue gouache and charcoal on paper, 103 x 76 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Blue gouache and charcoal sketch on Canson paper cut out, assembled and glued directly onto white Canson…
Bronzino (1503-1572) Testa di donna inclinata, sorridente, occhi bassi (Woman’s head tilted, smiling, eyes downcast) c.1543 Black chalk on paper, 28.8 × 21.6 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Study for the young woman appearing on the far left of the composition…
Claudel, Camille (1864-1943) L’Implorante (The Implorer) modeled 1898, cast c.1905 Bronze, 27.9 × 36.8 × 21.3 cm, 5.3 kg Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Camille Claudel, Rodin’s most brilliant student, was consumed by her twelve-year affair with the sculptor. In…
Prins, Pierre-Ernest (1838-1913) Manet sur son lit de mort (Manet on His Deathbed) c.1883 Pastel, 32.4 × 46 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York See also: • Manet, Édouard (1832-1883)
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) La testa della Vergine di tre quarti rivolta a destra (The Head of the Virgin in Three-Quarter View Facing Right) 1510–1513 Black, red and white chalk and charcoal, 20.3 x 15.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York…
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Position de quatrième devant sur la jambe gauche (Fourth Position Front on the Left Leg) c.1880s, cast 1919–1921 Bronze, 58.4 x 37.9 x 35.7 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown