Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Arcadie/Idylle: Famille de l’Antiquité (Arcadia/Idyll: Family from Antiquity) 1860 Oil on canvas, 61.3 x 51.1 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Bouguereau, one of the most successful painters of the nineteenth century, was particularly admired in the United States. He…
Arcimboldo, Giuseppe (1526-1593) Quattro stagioni in una testa (Four Seasons in One Head) c.1590 Oil on panel, 60.4 x 44.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In this vertical painting, a tree trunk, branches, plants, fruit, and flowers are arranged to…
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Marte e Venere uniti dall’Amore (Mars and Venus United by Love) 1570s Oil on canvas, 205.7 x 161 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The love between Mars, the god of war, and Venus, the goddess of…
De Morgan, William (1839-1917) Charger with Cupid and Pre-Raphaelite Figure c.1885 Painted and luster-glazed earthenware Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia
De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) Helen of Troy 1898 Oil on canvas, 124 x 73.8 cm De Morgan Collection
Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923) Portrait funéraire de Jacques Damala (Funerary Portrait of Jacques Damala) c.1889 Marble, 27.9 x 46 x 31.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The great tragic actress, Sarah Bernhardt, was also a gifted sculptor. She carved this…
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Les Saisons: L’Eté (Seasons: Summer) c.1860 Oil on canvas Petit Palais, Paris Cézanne as a young painter signed “Ingres” on several works. Compare: Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Les Saisons: Le Printemps c.1860 Petit Palais, Paris Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Les Saisons: L’Automne…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Les Demoiselles des bords de la Seine, été (Young Women of the banks of the Seine, summer) 1857 Oil on canvas, 174 x 206 cm Petit Palais, Paris
Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Jardinière des Titans (The “Titans” Jardinière) c.1877 Earthenware, 22 x 36 cm Petit Palais, Paris The Titans Jardinière consists of a plinth decorated with four masculine figures on which sits a vase decorated with lizards and leaves. The…
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Nature morte aux dahlias, zinnias, roses trémières et pruniers (Still Life with Dahlias, Zinnias, Hollyhocks and Plums) c.1835 Oil on canvas, 55.09 x 65.56 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis