Lippi, Filippino (1457-1504) Storia di Lucrezia (The Story of Lucretia) c.1478–1480 Tempera on wood, 42 x 126 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze The painting shows the death of Roman heroine, Lucretia, faithful, modest wife, raped by the king of the last…
Masaccio (1401-1428) Desco da parto (Birth plate) c.1423 Tempera on poplar panel, diameter 66 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin In the 15th century, it was customary in Florence to give families a so-called birth plate or desco da parto after the birth of…
Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Vue du Crotoy en amont (View of Le Crotoy from Upstream) 1889 Oil on canvas, 70.5 × 86.7 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Seurat‘s unique style of painting (called pointillism, divisionism, or neo-impressionism) was based on scientific…
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) San Giuseppe e Gesù Bambino (Saint Joseph and the Christ Child) 1767–1769 Oil on canvas, 154 × 111.3 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit This imposing yet tender representation of Saint Joseph gently cradling the infant Jesus in…
Utrillo, Maurice (1883-1955) La maison de campagne (The Country House) 1927 Oil on canvas, 73 × 54.6 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Jockeys à cheval avant les collines lointaines (Jockeys on Horseback before Distant Hills) 1884 Oil on canvas, 44.9 × 54.9 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Le sentier, femmes causant (The Path, Women Chatting) 1889 Oil on canvas, 72.4 × 59.7 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit
Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) La Maison natale de Millet à Gruchy (Millet’s Birthplace at Gruchy) c.1863 Pastel over crayon on paper, 31.2 x 45.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston See also: • Gruchy, Gréville-Hague (France)
Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) La Maison familiale de Millet à Gruchy (Millet’s Family Home at Gruchy) 1854 Oil on canvas, 59.7 x 73.7 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston See also: • Gruchy, Gréville-Hague (France)
Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) Meules de foin, Automne (Haystacks: Autumn) c.1874 Oil on canvas, 85.1 x 110.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This picture is from a series depicting the four seasons commissioned in 1868 by the industrialist Frédéric Hartmann.…