Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Fatata te Miti (By the Sea) 1892 Oil on canvas, 67.9 x 91.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Two nude women with brown skin and long black hair stand with their backs to us at a…
Fatata te Miti (1892)
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Nature morte avec des pivoines (1884)
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Nature morte avec des pivoines (Still Life with Peonies) 1884 Oil on canvas, 59.7 x 73 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington About a dozen ruby-red and bright pink peonies in a gold and green vase sit…
Juan Gris (1915)
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Juan Gris 1915 Oil on canvas, 54.9 x 38.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Modigliani, who left Italy for Paris in 1906, is said to have met the Spanish artist Juan Gris at the apartment of…
Lola de Valence (1915)
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Lola de Valence 1915 Oil on paper, mounted on wood, 52.1 × 33.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Modigliani consistently integrated stylistic features of African art into his distinctive portraits. This work represents Lola de Valence,…
Édouard Manet (1867)
Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Édouard Manet 1867 Oil on canvas, 117.5 x 90 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Finely dressed and carrying an elegant walking stick, influential French artist Édouard Manet appears before a stark background evocative of his own paintings as…
Madonna Bardi (1484-1485)
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Madonna Bardi (Madonna and Child Enthroned) 1484–1485 Tempera on poplar, 185 x 180 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin The scheme of composition of the Virgin and Child enthroned, surrounded by saints and viewed in a unified, square picture, became extremely popular…
Natività mistica (1500)
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Natività mistica (Mystic Nativity) 1500 Oil on canvas, 108.6 x 74.9 cm National Gallery, London The infant Christ reaches up towards the Virgin Mary, oblivious of his visitors – the Three Kings on the left and the shepherds on…
Ritratto di Esmeralda Brandini (c.1470-1480)
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Ritratto di Esmeralda Brandini (Portrait of a Lady known as Smeralda Bandinelli) c.1470–1480 Tempera on panel, 65.7 x 41 cm Victoria & Albert Museum, London Sandro Botticelli (1444/5-1510) was trained in Florence in the studio of Fra Filippo Lippi…
Annunciazione di Cestello (1489-1490)
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Annunciazione di Cestello (Cestello Annunciation) 1489–1490 Tempera on wood, 150 x 156 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Inscriptions: SPIRITUS SANCTUS SUPERVENIET IN TE ET VIRTUS ALTISSIMI OBUMBRABIT TIBI (Luca 1, 35) ECCE ANCILLA DOMINI FIAT MICHI SECUNDUM VERBUM TUUM…
Punizione dei ribelli (1480-1482)
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Punizione dei ribelli (Punishment of the Rebels) 1480–1482 Fresco, 348.5 x 570 cm Cappella Sistina, Vaticano