Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Les hasards heureux de l’escarpolette (The Happy Chances of the Swing) c.1767–1768 Oil on canvas, 81 x 64.2 cm Wallace Collection, London Fragonard’s iconic painting is one of the most emblematic images of 18th-century French art. A young…
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) La Vergine con sei santi (The Virgin with Six Saints) 1755–1756 Oil on canvas, 72.8 × 56 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
El Greco (1541-1614) Magdalena penitente (The Penitent Mary Magdalene) c.1576–1577 Oil on canvas, 156.5 × 121 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Compare: El Greco (1541-1614) Magdalena penitente c.1577 Worcester Art Museum, Worcester
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Étude des palmiers (Study of Palm Trees) 1855–1856 Oil on canvas, laid down on board, 26.7 × 32.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Gérôme painted this study during his first trip to Egypt in 1855–56. The same…
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Anacréon, Bacchus et l’Amour (Anacreon with the Infants Bacchus and Cupid) modeled 1878 (cast c.1893) Bronze, 72.4 × 43.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In the early 19th century, industrial approaches to production created a new middle-class market for small-scale…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Roses and sunflowers 1886 Oil on canvas, 50 x 61 cm Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim Compare: Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Sunflowers 1888 National Gallery, London Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Sunflowers 1889 Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Pivoines dans un vase (Peonies in a Vase) 1872 Oil on canvas, 50 x 65 cm Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) La Femme au panier d’oeufs (Woman with Basket of Eggs) c.1889–1895 Oil on canvas, 35.1 x 27 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Charity 1540 Oil on canvas, 50 x 34 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Isabella Brant 1621 Oil on canvas, 153 x 120 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Isabella Brant was the first wife of the Antwerp master Peter Paul Rubens, whom she married shortly after his return from Italy…