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Venere dormiente (c.1508-1510)

Giorgione (c.1477-1510) & Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Venere dormiente (Sleeping Venus) c.1508–1510 Oil on canvas, 108.5 x 175 cm Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden The painting is one of the most famous works of the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister Dresden. It was probably commissioned by…

Eugène Manet et sa fille dans le jardin de Bougival (1883)

Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Eugène Manet et sa fille dans le jardin de Bougival (Eugène Manet and His Daughter in the Garden at Bougival) 1883 Oil on canvas, 60 x 73.5 cm Private collection See also: • Bougival (France) | Eugène Manet (1833-1892) | Julie Manet (1878-1966)

La petite fille à l’arrosoir (1876)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La petite fille à l’arrosoir (A Girl with a Watering Can) 1876 Oil on canvas, 100 x 73 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In 1876, Renoir began to paint anecdotal depictions of women and children, subjects…

Fleurs dans un vase (c.1866)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Fleurs dans un vase (Flowers in a Vase) c.1866 Oil on canvas, 81.3 x 65.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A loose arrangement of colorful wildflowers bursting out of a red clay jug sits near the…

Nature morte avec pêches et raisins (1881)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Nature morte avec pêches et raisins (Still Life with Peaches and Grapes) 1881 Oil on canvas, 54 x 65.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Renoir spent part of the summer of 1881 at the country home…

Saskia van Uylenburgh in Arcadian Costume (1635)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Saskia van Uylenburgh in Arcadian Costume 1635 Oil on canvas, 123.5 x 97.5 cm National Gallery, London Saskia van Uylenburgh, the daughter of a burgomaster of Leeuwarden in Friesland, was 23 years old and had been married to…

Venus Giving Arms to Aeneas (1668)

Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711) Venus Giving Arms to Aeneas (Venus schenkt wapens aan Aeneas) 1668 Oil on canvas, 161.8 x 165.8 cm Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp In the 17th century, classicism broke through, also in golden Holland. Artists…