Tag: inscription

Love’s Passing (1883-1884)

De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) Love’s Passing 1883–1884 Oil on canvas, 71.7 x 109.8 cm De Morgan Collection The open book shows a passage from Latin poet Tibullus‘s ‘Elegy‘, where the writer imagines dying in his lover’s arms and considers her grief…

Madonna col Bambino e angeli (c.1410)

Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Madonna col Bambino e angeli (Madonna and Child with Angels) c.1410 Tempera on wood, traces of gold ground, 85.7 x 50.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Although badly damaged, this picture is a rare work…

Meditazione sulla passione (c.1490)

Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Meditazione sulla passione (The Meditation on the Passion) c.1490 Oil and tempera on wood, 66.5 × 84.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This remarkable picture is a meditation on death and resurrection. Christ’s dead body is displayed…

Frida y Diego Rivera (1931)

Kahlo, Frida (1907-1954) Frida y Diego Rivera (Frieda and Diego Rivera) 1931 Oil on canvas, 100.01 x 78.74 cm Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco See also: • Rivera, Diego (1886-1957)

Mahana Ma’a (1892)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Mahana Ma’a 1892 Oil on canvas, 55.2 x 30 cm Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati See also: • Tahiti (French Polynesia)

Odilon Redon (1900)

Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Odilon Redon 1900 Lithograph (chine appliqué), 41.8 x 31.2 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo See also: • Redon, Odilon (1840-1916)

Théodore Duret (1912)

Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Théodore Duret 1912 Oil on cardboard on wood, 95.2 x 74.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington We look slightly down onto a balding, bearded man with pale, peachy skin and wearing a three-piece suit, seated in a…