Tag: landscape

Silver Favourites (c.1903)

Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) Silver Favourites c.1903 Oil on panel, 110 X 71 cm Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester The verse on the frame is from Wordsworth‘s poem ‘Gold and Silver Fishes in a Vase’. See also: • Wordsworth, William (1770-1850)

La pesca miracolosa (c.1515-1516)

Raffaello (1483-1520) La pesca miracolosa (The Miraculous Draught of Fishes, Luke 5: 1-11) c.1515–1516 Cartoon for a tapestry, 322 × 401 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London The Raphael Cartoons are designs for tapestries and were commissioned from Raphael by Pope Leo…

The Temptation in the Garden of Eden (c.1600)

Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) The Temptation in the Garden of Eden c.1600 Oil on oak panel, 84 × 71.3 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London Jan Bruegel the Elder (1568-1625) was the second son of Pieter Bruegel the Elder (ca.…

Full-Scale Study for The Hay Wain (c.1821)

Constable, John (1776-1837) Full-Scale Study for The Hay Wain c.1821 Oil on canvas, 137 × 188 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London Constable often made full-scale studies for large exhibition paintings. He used a broad painting style to establish the general balance…

Study of the Trunk of an Elm Tree (c.1821)

Constable, John (1776-1837) Study of the Trunk of an Elm Tree c.1821 Oil on paper, 30.6 × 24.8 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London Constable probably painted this remarkable sketch in Hampstead. It is so realistic that it has an almost…

La Manche à Gravelines, un soir (1890)

Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) La Manche à Gravelines, un soir (The Channel at Gravelines, Evening) 1890 Oil on canvas, 65.4 x 81.9 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York Study: Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Étude pour La Manche à Gravelines, un soir 1890…

Saint Malo (1927)

Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Saint Malo 1927 Watercolor, charcoal, and pencil on paper, 26.67 × 41.75 cm Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee See also: • Bretagne | Saint-Malo (France)