Bernard, Émile (1868-1941) Bretonnes (Breton Women) s.d. Oil on canvas, 81 x 54 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Bretagne (France)
Bretonnes (s.d.)
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Allant au marché (1888)
Laval, Charles (1861-1894) Allant au marché (Going to Market, Brittany) 1888 Oil on canvas, 37.5 x 46 cm Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis The Pont-Aven artists often painted aspects of daily life in Brittany. In this animated scene, a couple rides…
Self portrait with Saskia (1636)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Self portrait with Saskia 1636 Etching, 10.4 x 9.5 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Rembrandt painted, etched, and drew more than seventy-five self-portraits. A few of these include his first wife, Saskia van Uylenburgh, whom he married in…
Statue dite “Bacchus Richelieu” (1793)
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Statue dite “Bacchus Richelieu” (The so-called “Bacchus Richelieu”) 1793 Charcoal with stumping slightly accented with black chalk, 70 × 53 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Ingres‘s early academic training in Toulouse is reflected in this…
Femme de la Martinique (1889)
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Femme de la Martinique (Woman of Martinique) 1889 Painted clay, textile, paper, wooden base, 19.7 × 11.1 × 7 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton This sculpture reveals an array of references to non‑Western cultures that the artist…
La famille paysanne (1871-1872)
Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) La famille paysanne (The peasant family) 1871–1872 Oil on canvas, 110.4 x 81 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff The British painter Sickert commented: ‘The sublime man and his stolid spouse face the spectator with all the gravity and symmetry…
La bergère assise (1840-1850)
Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) La bergère assise (The Seated Shepherdess) 1840–1850 Oil on board, 18.6 x 24.3 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Madonna col Bambino e due angeli (c.1467-1469)
Verrocchio, Andrea del (1435-1488) Madonna col Bambino e due angeli (The Virgin and Child with Two Angels) c.1467–1469 Tempera on wood, 69.2 × 49.8 cm National Gallery, London The focus of this picture is the loving gaze which passes between the…
The Magdalen Reading (c.1435)
Van der Weyden, Rogier (c.1399-1464) The Magdalen Reading c.1435 Oil on mahogany, transferred from another panel, 62.2 × 54.4 cm National Gallery, London A young lady in an extravagant green dress sits on the floor, reading. Although she wears fifteenth-century clothing…
Adrasto assiso ai piedi d’Armida (c.1740-1746)
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Adrasto assiso ai piedi d’Armida (Adrastus seated at the feet of Armida) c.1740–1746 Oil on canvas, 160.4 × 53.5 cm National Gallery, London Within a walled garden, a man wearing a striking blue costume and ornate necklace catches the…