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The Potato Eaters (1885, F 82-JH 764)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) The Potato Eaters (F 82, JH 764) 1885 Oil on canvas, 82 x 114 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam Compare: Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) The Potato Eaters 1885 Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo     Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) The…

Marta e Maria Maddalena (c.1598)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Marta e Maria Maddalena (Martha and Mary Magdalene) c.1598 Oil and tempera on canvas, 100 x 134.5 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit “There is a Michelangelo da Caravaggio who is doing extraordinary things in Rome.” This quote by a…

Ragazzo morso da un ramarro (c.1594-1595)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Ragazzo morso da un ramarro (Boy bitten by a Lizard) c.1594–1595 Oil on canvas, 66 x 49.5 cm National Gallery, London An effeminate youth with curling locks, full lips and a rose tucked behind one ear, recoils in surprise at…

L’Atelier de la rue Visconti (1867)

Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) L’Atelier de la rue Visconti (Bazille’s Studio of The Rue Visconti) 1867 Oil on canvas, 64.77 × 48.26 cm Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond In 1862, Bazille moved from Montpellier to Paris. There, he befriended Monet, Renoir, and…

L’ambulance improvisée (1865)

Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) L’ambulance improvisée (Improvised Field Hospital, Monet) 1865 Oil on canvas, 48 x 65 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris This painting of Claude Monet confined to bed with an injured leg, was painted in the summer of 1865. At the beginning…

L’Atelier de la Rue de Furstenberg (1865-1866)

Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) L’Atelier de la rue de Furstenberg (The Workshop on Rue de Furstenberg) 1865–1866 Oil on canvas, 81.20 x 65 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier In Paris, Bazille moved in 1865 to 6 rue de Furstenberg, above Delacroix‘s former workshop. In…

La Toilette (1870)

Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) La Toilette 1870 Oil on canvas, 130 x 128 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier Inspired by the orientalist imagination as well as the biblical universe, the painting depicts a modern Bathsheba being prepared by two servants for nuptial union. This…

L’Atelier de la rue Condamine (1870)

Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) L’Atelier de la rue Condamine (Bazille’s Studio; 9 rue de la Condamine) 1870 Oil on canvas 98 x 128 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris L’Atelier de la rue Condamine: the figures The Rue Condamine today. Born into a notable family…