Tag: landscape

Corbeille de fleurs (1876)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Corbeille de fleurs (Rounded Flower Bed) 1876 Oil on canvas, 59.3 × 81.3 × 1.8 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Monet‘s garden at Argenteuil near Paris provided the subject matter for this painting: a flower bed of…

Stables (1932)

O’Keeffe, Georgia (1887-1986) Stables 1932 Oil on canvas, 30.5 × 81.3 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit

Vue du Crotoy en amont (1889)

Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Vue du Crotoy en amont (View of Le Crotoy from Upstream) 1889 Oil on canvas, 70.5 × 86.7 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Seurat‘s unique style of painting (called pointillism, divisionism, or neo-impressionism) was based on scientific…

The Leader Sea Piece (1809)

Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) The Leader Sea Piece 1809 Etching and mezzotint printed in brown ink on wove paper, 17.5 × 25.7 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit

Ritratto di un collezionista (c.1523)

Parmigianino (1503-1540) Ritratto di un collezionista (Portrait of a Collector) c.1523 Oil on wood, 89.5 x 63.8 cm National Gallery, London When listed in the inventory of Ranuccio Farnese in 1587 this picture was titled Portrait of a Priest, but there…

Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina (c.1529)

Parmigianino (1503-1540) Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina (The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine) c.1529 Oil on wood, 21 × 27 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Compare: Parmigianino (1503-1540) Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina c.1527–1529 Private collection     Parmigianino (1503-1540) Matrimonio mistico di…

Conversione di san Paolo (c.1527-1528)

Parmigianino (1503-1540) Conversione di san Paolo (The Conversion of St Paul) c.1527–1528 Oil on canvas, 177.5 × 128.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna As the Acts of the Apostles recount, Saul was suddenly surrounded by heavenly light on his way to Damascus, where…

Ritratto di dama (1520-1524)

Correggio (c.1489-1534) Ritratto di dama (Portrait of a Lady) 1520–1524 Oil on canvas, 103 × 87.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg A sensual version of Raphaelesque grace was produced by Antonio Allegri, known as Correggio, a painter who worked in Parma.…