Tag: inscription

Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1853)

Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910) Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1853 Pastel and pencil on paper, 28.6 x 25.9 cm Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester Compare: Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910) Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1882–1883 Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham     See also: • Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882)

Autoportrait au vase de fleurs (1897)

Bernard, Émile (1868-1941) Autoportrait au vase de fleurs (Self-portrait with a vase of flowers) 1897 Oil on canvas, 52 x 42 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ‘A nos amis de Hollande‘ (to our friends in the Netherlands), Bernard wrote at the top left.…

Autoportrait à l’ami Vincent (1888)

Laval, Charles (1861-1894) Autoportrait à l’ami Vincent (Self-Portrait to my friend Vincent) 1888 Oil on canvas, 50.7 x 60.4 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam Charles Laval sent this self-portrait to Van Gogh, who was immediately enthusiastic. To his brother Theo he…

Le fils prodigue (1879)

Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le fils prodigue (The Prodigal Son) 1879 Oil on canvas, 59.4 x 71.5 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Compare: Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le fils prodigue c.1879 National Gallery of Art, Washington     Puvis de Chavannes,…

Due studi per la figura della Vittoria (1531-1535)

Parmigianino (1503-1540) Due studi per la figura della Vittoria (Two Studies for Figure of Victory) 1531–1535 Pen and brown ink on light tan laid paper prepared with salmon wash, 6.8 × 10.8 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton These three fragments represent Parmigianino’s…

Studio per la figura della Vittoria (1531-1535)

Parmigianino (1503-1540) Studio per la figura della Vittoria (Study for Figure of Victory on Pectoral Brooch of Pallas Athena) 1531–1535 Pen and brown ink on light tan laid paper prepared with salmon wash, 6.2 × 11 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton…

Cristo en la cruz (s.d.)

Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Cristo en la cruz (Christ on the Cross) s.d. Pen and brown ink with brown wash, over black chalk, 33.5 x 23.6 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton One of Spain’s most celebrated seventeenth-century artists, Murillo painted numerous…

Sketch for The Woodman’s Daughter (1850)

Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) Sketch for The Woodman’s Daughter 1850 Graphite with touches of pen and brown ink, 24.4 x 17.2 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton This small graphite sketch is a study for a celebrated painting from 1851 by…

Zuffa di dei marini (c.1470-1475)

Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Zuffa di dei marini (Battle of the Sea Gods) c.1470–1475 Engraving, 30.5 x 43.3 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton This engraving by Mantegna, court painter to the Gonzaga family in Mantua, manifests the revival of classical antiquity…