Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Tama, le chien japonais (Tama, the Japanese Dog) c.1875 Oil on canvas, 61 x 50 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A small, shaggy, black and white dog stands in a wood paneled room with its body…
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Cristo nella casa di Marta e Maria (Christ in the House of Martha and Mary) 1605 Oil on poplar, 125 x 118 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscribed on the stone at the right side of the well:…
Bronzino (1503-1572) Cosimo I de’ Medici in armatura (Cosimo I de’ Medici in armour) c.1545 Oil on poplar panel, 86 x 66.8 x 3.5 cm Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Bronzino was the leading painter in mid 16th-century…
Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Ritratto di giovane, Ritratto Giustiniani (Portrait of a Youth) early 16th century Oil on canvas, 59.2 x 47 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin SHELFMARK / INSCRIPTION: V V Until 1884, the Portrait of a Young Man was found in the…
Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) El Rastro 1915 Oil on canvas, 27.5 × 38.5 cm Museo Dolores Olmedo, Mexico City See also: • El Rastro (Madrid) | Gómez de la Serna, Ramón (1888-1963)
Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) Tabla en la terraza de un café (Table on a Café Terrace) 1915 Oil on canvas, 60.6 x 49.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In the distinct brand of Cubism that he developed while living…
Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Madame Gautreau Drinking a Toast 1882–1883 Oil on wood, 32 x 41 cm Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston Madame Pierre Gautreau, born Virginie Avegno (1859–1915), was Madame X, the statuesque sitter in Sargent’s most notorious portrait…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) & Workshop The Sacrifice of Isaac 1636 Oil on canvas, 195 x 132.3 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich To test the steadfastness of his faith, God asked Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac. Only at the very last moment…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Belshazzar’s Feast c.1636–1638 Oil on canvas, 167.6 x 209.2 cm National Gallery, London Belshazzar’s Feast was painted somewhere between 1636 and 1638, when Rembrandt was about 30 years old. He had to make his way in Amsterdam, a…