Botticini, Francesco (1446-1498) L’Assunzione della Vergine (The Assumption of the Virgin) c.1475–1476 Tempera on wood, 228.6 × 377.2 cm National Gallery, London Heaven and earth are united in this vast, dramatic scene. A dome-shaped vault has opened up in the sky to…
Soutine, Chaïm (1893-1943) Paysage à Cagnes (Landscape at Cagnes) c.1923 Oil on canvas, 60.5 × 73 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago See also: • Cagnes-sur-Mer (France)
Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Les Andelys, Côte d’Aval 1886 Oil on canvas, 60 × 92 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This view of the harbor of Les Andelys, a village on the Seine River near Giverny, France, is part of Paul…
Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899) Bétail au repos sur une colline des Alpes (Cattle at Rest on a Hillside in the Alps) 1885 Oil on canvas, 54.9 × 66.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
O’Keeffe, Georgia (1887-1986) A Black Bird with Snow-Covered Red Hills 1946 Oil on canvas, 91.44 × 121.92 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Post, Frans (1612-1680) Brazilian Landscape 1656 Oil on panel, 41.6 x 55.9 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford This imagined landscape depicts enslaved Africans resting and dancing amid baskets of fruit on a hill above a broad plain of coastal swamp, surrounded by…
Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780) Veduta di Pirna in Sassonia (View of Pirna in Saxony) 1763 Oil on canvas, 47 x 76.2 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Compare: Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780) Veduta di Pirna dalla fortezza di Sonnenstein 1750s Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg See also:…
Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) Apparition d’un visage et d’un compotier sur une plage (Apparition of Face and Fruit Dish on a Beach) 1938 Oil on canvas, 114.3 x 143.8 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Curatorial Narrative: At first glance the spectator sees a desolate…
Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780) Capriccio con arco romano (Capriccio with a Roman Arch) c.1745 Oil on canvas, 58.4 x 91.4 cm Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia
El Greco (1541-1614) Cristo en la cruz con un paisaje de Toledo (Christ on the Cross with a View of Toledo) c.1610–1614 Oil on canvas, 104.1 x 61.9 cm Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati See also: • Catedral Primada Santa María de…