Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Paysage de Bretagne (Landscape of Brittany) 1888 Oil on canvas, 89.3 x 116.6 cm National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo See also: • Bretagne (France)
Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Comblat-le-Château, le pré, Opus 161 (Comblat-le-Château, the Meadow, Opus 161) 1887 Oil on canvas, 66.36 × 82.55 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas A meadow dotted with trees is separated from a rustic house by a low fence. A…
Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Portrait of Lord Donounghmore 1780–1790 Oil on canvas, 126 x 100 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The painting was purchased in London for 2,500 pounds by Ettore Modigliani in 1933 with the proceeds of the Mostra d’Arte…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Pietà c.1460 Tempera on panel, 86 x 107 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Signature: HAEC FERE QUUM GEMITUS TURGENTIA LUMINA PROMANT / BELLINI POTERAT FLERE IONNIS OPUS (This is whwn the lights of grievance pooceed / The…
Pueyrredón, Prilidiano (1823-1870) Paisaje, Granja europea (Lanscape, European Farm) s.d. Watercolour on paper, 17.5 x 25 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires Watercolour from the European period, from Rezábal Bustillo, with a picturesque motif. The scene of the…
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…
Bellotto, Bernardo (1721–1780) La fortezza di Königstein (The Fortress of Königstein) 1756–1758 Oil on canvas, 133 x 235.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In the distance, a fortress sits on a rocky plateau below a sky filled with lightly…
Giorgione (c.1477-1510) & Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Venere dormiente (Sleeping Venus) c.1508–1510 Oil on canvas, 108.5 x 175 cm Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden The painting is one of the most famous works of the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister Dresden. It was probably commissioned by…