Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) Salone principale del Ridotto, Venezia (Main Salon in the Ridotto, Venice) c.1765 Oil on canvas, 31.4 x 51.1 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence See also: • Venezia (Italia)
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) La mort de Sardanapale (The Death of Sardanapalus) 1844 Oil on canvas, 73.7 × 92.6 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia The subject of this painting was inspired by Lord Byron‘s dramatic poem of 1821 about the life of an…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) A Scholar in His Study (‘Faust’) c.1652 Etching, engraving and drypoint, 20.9 x 16 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Compare: Rembrandt (1606-1669) Faust c.1652 Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Jeune fille au panier (Young Girl with Basket) 1892 Oil on canvas, 92.1 x 73 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Wearing a chiffon-trimmed hat and holding a straw basket, Berthe Morisot’s young sitter waits, poised to pick flowers…
De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978) Il poeta e la sua musa (The Poet and His Muse) c.1925 Oil and tempera on canvas, 91.1 x 73.7 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Though many of his paintings predate the start of Surrealism, Giorgio de…
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Portrait de Madame Cézanne (Portrait of Madame Cézanne) 1885–1886 Oil on canvas, 61.9 × 51.1 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Hortense Fiquet—Cézanne’s mistress, mother of his son, Paul, and later his wife—was the artist’s most frequent model, appearing…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Nous autres musiciens (Three Musicians) 1921 Oil on canvas, 204.5 × 188.3 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Pablo Picasso had a large ambition for this monumental canvas: to look back at and say farewell to a key period…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Le petit déjeuner (Breakfast) 1920 Oil on canvas, 64.1 x 73.8 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia The artist’s model Antoinette Arnoud twists in her chair and glances from her book, lost in melancholic thoughts or daydreams. Similar images…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait de Madame Manet sur un canapé bleu (Portrait of Madame Manet on a blue sofa) 1874 Pastel on paper mounted on canvas, 49 x 60 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Collection Madame Manet Collection Ambroise Vollard Collection Edgar…
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Femmes d’Alger dans leur appartement (Women of Algiers in their Apartment) 1834 Oil on canvas, 180 × 229 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Compare: Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Femmes d’Alger dans leur intérieur 1849 Musée Fabre, Montpellier Copies: Fantin-Latour,…