Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Le Matin, d’après Millet (Morning, Going to Work, after Millet) 1890 Oil on canvas, 73 x 92 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Compare: Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) Le matin s.d. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) St Antony Gates in Amsterdam 2nd half of the 17th century Oil on canvas, 24 x 39 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg See also: • Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) Street in Cologne first half of the 1600s Oil on wood panel, 30 x 36 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Entered the Hermitage in 1814; formerly in the collection of Josephine de Beauharnais in the Castle…
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Arabe sellant son cheval (Arab Saddling his Horse) 1855 Oil on canvas, 56 x 47 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Delacroix was a founder of the Romantic trend in 19th-century painting. He took this subject from his recollections…
Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) Adoration of the Magi 1598–1600 Oil on copperplate, 26.5 x 35.2 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Compare: Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) The Adoration of the Kings 1598 National Gallery, London
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) Les Jockeys (The Jockeys) 1882 Oil on canvas, 64.5 x 45 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection «In our family,» Toulouse-Lautrec quipped, «once baptised, one is in the saddle.» Lautrec‘s father was a fanatical -and somewhat…
Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) L’Inondation à Port-Marly (The Flood at Port-Marly) 1876 Oil on canvas, 50 x 61 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection Based in Marly-le-Roi from 1874 to 1877, Sisley executed a group of seven paintings on the flooding…
Géricault, Théodore (1791-1824) Course de chevaux (Horse Race) c.1817 Oil on paper mounted on canvas, 44 x 59 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Théodore Géricault was from a wealthy Rouen family that moved to Paris in 1796 for professional reasons. Géricault was…
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) La crocifissione (The Crucifixion) 1745–1750 Oil on canvas, 79.4 x 88.3 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Giambattista Tiepolo’s painting of the crucifixion and death of Christ is infused with fresh energy. Before Tiepolo, most artists arranged…
Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) The Garden of Eden c.1610–1612 Oil on panel, 59.4 x 95.6 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Colección Carmen Thyssen Brueghel was born into a famous dynasty of artists and, together with Rubens, he was generally regarded as…