Tag: inscription

Cristo morto sostenuto da due angeli (c.1465-1470)

Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Cristo morto sostenuto da due angeli (The Dead Christ supported by Two Angels) c.1465–1470 Oil on wood, 95 × 71.7 cm National Gallery, London This type of image of Christ after his death – close up, showing his…

Erasme (c.1899)

Legros, Alphonse (1837-1911) Erasme (Erasmus) c.1899 One-sided bronze medallion, diameter 13.3 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Inscription: Monogram: AL legend in Greek and Latin: [ten kreitto ta sougrammata deieei: imago ad v […] effigie] in the field: ER / ROT / EXPRESSA…

Antibes (1918)

Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Antibes 1918 Watercolor and charcoal on laid paper, 30.2 x 42.9 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia See also: • Antibes (France)

Zuffa degli dei marini (1485-1488)

Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Zuffa degli dei marini (Battle of the Sea Gods, with Envy (Invidia) on the Left) 1485–1488 Engraving on paper, 27.6 x 41.1 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Fight between satyrs riding on hippocampi and old woman as personification of envy…

Portrait d’Eva Gonzalès (1870)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait d’Eva Gonzalès (Portrait of Eva Gonzalès) 1870 Etching on paper, 24 x 15.8 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Portrait of Manet‘s student Eva Gonzalès, profile to the right. The profile of the woman’s head is shown in just a…

Vincent Van Gogh à son lit de mort (1890)

Gachet, Paul (1828-1909) Vincent Van Gogh à son lit de mort (Vincent Van Gogh on his deathbed) 1890 Etching on paper, 12 x 16.9 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam inscription: ‘Vi Van Gogh à son lit de mort (29 Juillet 1890)’ inscription: ‘Van…

Arrangement in Yellow and Gray: Effie Deans (c.1876-1878)

Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) Arrangement in Yellow and Gray: Effie Deans c.1876–1878 Oil on canvas, 194 x 93 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam A standing young woman, full-length, in profile to the right. One of several paintings of standing women titled “Arrangement…”…