Ernst, Max (1891-1976) Le baiser dans la nuit (The Kiss in the Night) 1927 Oil on canvas, 130.2 × 162.1 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Le baiser dans la nuit (1927)
Tag: leg
Les Hommes n’en sauront rien (1923)
Ernst, Max (1891-1976) Les Hommes n’en sauront rien (Men Shall Know Nothing of This) 1923 Oil on canvas, 80.3 × 63.8 cm Tate Britain, London Ernst studied philosophy and psychology in Bonn and was interested in the alternative realities experienced by the…
Lovemaking (1915)
Schiele, Egon (1890-1918) Lovemaking (Liebesakt) 1915 Pencil and gouache on paper, 49.6 x 31.7 cm Leopold Museum, Vienna
Marte e Venere uniti dall’Amore (1570s)
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…
Reclining Nude (1950)
Moore, Henry (1898-1986) Reclining Nude 1950 Bronze, 20.3 x 44.8 x 12.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Betsabea (c.1636-1637)
Gentileschi, Artemisia (1593-c.1653) Betsabea (Bathsheba) c.1636–1637 Oil on canvas, 265.4 x 209.5 cm Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus
Love’s Passing (1883-1884)
De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) Love’s Passing 1883–1884 Oil on canvas, 71.76 x 109.86 cm De Morgan Collection This painting is an allegory for the passing of time and the life cycle. The lovers in the foreground sit listening to the piping…
The Dryad (1884-1885)
De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) The Dryad 1884–1885 Oil on panel, 128.6 x 67.4 cm De Morgan Collection In Greek mythology dryads are mythological tree nymphs and protectors of the oak tree. Evelyn appears to have depicted a hamadryade, which is a…
Venere e Cupido (1520s)
Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Venere e Cupido (Venus and Cupid) 1520s Oil on canvas, 92.4 x 111.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In his inimitable fashion, in this unique masterpiece Lorenzo Lotto takes one of the most popular subjects of Venetian…
La mort de Socrate (1787)
David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825) La mort de Socrate (The Death of Socrates) 1787 Oil on canvas, 129.5 x 196.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In this landmark of Neoclassical painting from the years immediately preceding the French Revolution, David took up…