Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) La Crucifixion (The Crucifixion) 1644–1646 Oil on canvas, 148.59 x 218.44 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford This Crucifixion dramatically illustrates the moment of Christ’s death when the sky went dark, graves were opened, and the bodies of the saved rose…
Géricault, Théodore (1791-1824) La forge du village (The Village Forge) c.1822 Oil on canvas, 50.7 x 61.2 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Géricault, Théodore (1791-1824) La Charette (The Coal Wagon) c.1821 Pen and brown ink with watercolor on white paper, 18.7 x 29.9 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Woody Landscape c.1783–1784 Oil on canvas, 64 x 76.8 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Although most famous for his portraits, Gainsborough was also one of the originators of English landscape painting in the eighteenth century. Inspired by Dutch landscapes from…
Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899) Cheval bai cerise (Cherry Bay Horse) c.1890 Oil on canvas, 45.4 x 55.6 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Vue panoramique de Rouen (Panoramic View of Rouen) c.1829–1833 Oil on canvas, 26.4 x 41.9 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford See also: • Rouen (France)
Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) The Favorite Horse c.1908 Transparent and opaque watercolor over traces of graphite on wove paper, 24.76 x 34.61 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Marte e Venere uniti dall’Amore (Mars and Venus United by Love) 1570s Oil on canvas, 205.7 x 161 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The love between Mars, the god of war, and Venus, the goddess of…
Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899) La foire aux chevaux (The Horse Fair) 1852–1855 Oil on canvas, 244.5 x 506.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This, Bonheur’s best-known painting, shows the horse market held in Paris on the tree-lined Boulevard de l’Hôpital, near…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Chasse au tigre (Tiger Hunt) c.1895 Oil on canvas, 38 x 46 cm Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus