Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Jeanne Samary (Red Head) 1878 Oil on canvas, 19 x 17.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Samary, Jeanne (1857-1890)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Portrait de Georges Rivière (Portrait of Georges Rivière) 1880 Oil on canvas, 46.36 x 38.42 cm Private collection See also: • Rivière, Georges (1855-1943)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Tête d’une jeune fille (Head of a Young Girl) c.1890 Oil on canvas, 42.6 x 33.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Rembrandt (1606-1669) & Studio A Young Man with a Chain c.1629 or 1632 Oil on wood, 57.8 x 43.8 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland This painting is an example of a tronie, a Dutch word meaning “head” or “facial…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem 1630 Oil on panel, 58 x 46 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam The crestfallen Prophet Jeremiah rests his weary, old head on his hand. He laments Jerusalem going up in flames – in the…
Guercino (1591-1666) Santa Veronica mostra il velo a San Pietro (Saint Veronica showing the vernicle to St Peter) 1620 Pen and brown ink on paper, 25.9 x 29.6 cm Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Salomè con la testa del Battista (Salome with the Head of John the Baptist) 1515 Oil on canvas, 90 x 72 cm Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Roma This early masterpiece by Titian, which illustrates the terrible biblical episode in a dark…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Salomè con la testa del Battista (Salome with the Head of John the Baptist) c.1550 Oil on canvas, 87 x 80 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Salome, an Edomite princess born of Herodias and the wife of Herod Philip…