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
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.1905–1910 Oil on canvas, 35.2 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…
Domenico Veneziano (c.1410-1461) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) c.1445–1450 Tempera on poplar panel, 83 x 57 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from the hips up, a woman to our left wears a sapphire-blue robe over a petal-pink dress,…
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Allegorie dell’amore: L’infedeltà (Four Allegories of Love: Unfaithfulness) c.1575 Oil on canvas, 189.9 x 189.9 cm National Gallery, London This is one of a series of four paintings by Veronese that concern the trials and rewards of love, although…
Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Madonna con Bambino tra i Santi Ignazio di Antiochia e Onofrio (Madonna and Child between Saints Ignatius of Antioch and Onuphrius) 1508 Oil on panel, 53 x 67 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma This signed and dated painting in its…
Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Sacra famiglia con santa Caterina d’Alessandria (Holy family with Saint Catherine of Alexandria) 1533 Oil on canvas, 81.5 x 115.3 cm Accademia Carrara, Bergamo