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Estate (c.1546-1548)

Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Estate (Summer) c.1546–1548 Oil on canvas, 105.7 x 193 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Summer is represented here as Ceres, goddess of agriculture, reclining in front of her attribute, a row of wheat stalks. The work…

Nature morte au melon et aux pêches (c.1866)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Nature morte au melon et aux pêches (Still Life with Melon and Peaches) c.1866 Oil on canvas, 68.3 x 91 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A white rose, grapes and other fruit, a squat gourd, a…

Le Vieux Musicien (1862)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Vieux Musicien (The Old Musician) 1862 Oil on canvas, 187.4 x 248.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In a review of the 1846 Salon, poet and critic Charles Baudelaire urged artists to depict “the heroism…

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…