Gris, Juan (1887-1927) Fantômas 1915 Oil on canvas, 59.8 x 73.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington We look down onto a pile with a newspaper, theater program, pipe, a black and white checkerboard, and other objects painted as abstracted, geometric forms…
Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Madonna col Bambino in trono (Madonna and Child Enthroned) c.1420 Tempera on poplar panel, 95.7 x 56.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A young woman, holding a baby in her lap, sits on a wide bench…
Gachet, Paul (1828-1909) Moulin du Nord dans la vallée de la Creuse (North Windmill in the Creuse Valley) 1874 Etching with drypoint on tan wove paper, 15.5 × 10.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) The Crucifixion with the Converted Centurion 1536 Oil on panel, 50.8 x 34.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington An armored man on horseback looks up at the middle of three men hanging on rough-hewn wooden crosses…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) The Nymph of the Spring after 1537 Oil on panel, 48.4 x 72.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington The nymph reclines beside a spring, perhaps a reference to a legendary ancient Roman fountain with which a…
Derain, André (1880-1954) Table plus cafetière (Table plus coffee pot) 1919 Graphite, tempera, and/or watercolor on paper, 17.8 x 24.6 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Design for a detail of the cut cloth, from “La Boutique Fantasque (The Fantastic Toy Shop)”.
Constable, John (1776-1837) Study of a Female Nude 1811 Black and white chalk on blue paper Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Buste de Sarah Bernhardt (Bust of Sarah Bernhardt) 1895 Patinated plaster, height 68.6 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford See also: • Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923)
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Serapio (Saint Serapion) 1628 Oil on canvas, 120.2 x 104 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Curatorial Narrative: Saint Serapion was a monk who gave his life to liberate Christians captured during the thirteenth century in North Africa. The…
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…