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La Belle Iseult (1858)

Morris, William (1834-1896) La Belle Iseult 1858 Oil on canvas, 71.8 x 50.2 cm Tate Britain, London This is the only completed easel painting that William Morris produced. It is a portrait in medieval dress of Jane Burden, whom Morris married…

La mort de Socrate (after 1787)

David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825) & Studio La mort de Socrate (The Death of Socrates) after 1787 Oil on canvas, 133 x 196 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton David depicts Socrates about to drink hemlock rather than endure exile after being convicted…

Le Cauchemar (1832)

Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Le Cauchemar (The Nightmare) published 1832 Lithograph, 23.3 x 29.4 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Daumier, along with his editor and fellow caricaturist Charles Philipon, scandalized the monarchy of Louis-Philippe through his increasingly critical depictions of the…

Le vase de fleurs (1940)

Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) Le vase de fleurs (The Vase of Flowers) 1940 Gouache, 64 x 46.5 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

Fair Rosamund (1916)

Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) Fair Rosamund 1916 Oil on canvas, 96.5 x 72.3 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff Fair Rosamund kneels in prayer, waiting for her lover King Henry II. From behind the curtain appears the vengeful Queen Eleanor, who has…

Don Quichotte lisant (1865-1867)

Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Don Quichotte lisant (Don Quixote reading) 1865–1867 Oil on canvas, 82.2 x 65 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff Compare: Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Don Quichotte et Sancho Panza c.1855 National Gallery, London     Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Don Quichotte et Sancho Panza…