Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La Promenade ou La Femme à l’ombrelle (The Walk, or Woman with a Parasol – Madame Monet and Her Son) 1875 Oil on canvas, 100 x 81 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington With Manet‘s assistance, Monet…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Les vendangeurs (The Mussel Harvest) 1879 Oil on canvas, 54.2 x 65.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Collines autour de la baie de Moulin Huet, Guernesey (Hills around the Bay of Moulin Huet, Guernsey) 1883 Oil on canvas, 46 x 65.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York During his trip in late summer…
Guercino (1591-1666) Cane Aldrovandi (Aldrovandi Dog) c.1625 Oil on canvas, 112 x 173.3 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena Canine portraits appear from the late 16th century forward, as dogs became beloved pets and, for the nobility, status symbols. This life-size…
Canaletto (1697-1768) Capriccio con colonna (English Landscape Capriccio with a Column) c.1754 Oil on canvas, 134 x 106.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington We look slightly down across a sun-drenched plaza with people scattered among ruins, buildings, and around…
Canaletto (1697-1768) Capriccio con palazzo (English Landscape Capriccio with a Palace) c.1754 Oil on canvas, 134 x 108.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Sun pours across a landscape with trees and plants growing around and on an arched stone…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Madonna che adora il Bambino (The Virgin Adoring the Child) c.1480–1490 Tempera on panel, diam. 58.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A woman kneels, angled to our left, and tips her face down toward a naked baby propped…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Adorazione dei Magi (Adoration of the Magi) 1478–1482 Tempera and oil on panel, 68 x 102 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington About three dozen people gather in a grassy field to either side of a crumbling structure to…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Adorazione dei Magi (Adoration of the Kings) c.1470–1475 Tempera on poplar, diameter 130.8 cm National Gallery, London Botticelli painted at least six scenes of the Adoration of the Kings. This, one of his most expansive and ambitious, is painted…
Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Crocifissione (The Crucifixion) 1455 Oil on wood, 39 x 23.25 cm Brukenthal National Museum, Sibiu