Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Meditazione sulla passione (The Meditation on the Passion) c.1490 Oil and tempera on wood, 66.5 × 84.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This remarkable picture is a meditation on death and resurrection. Christ’s dead body is displayed…
Redon, Odilon (1840-1916) Naissance de Vénus (Birth of Venus) c.1912 Pastel on paper mounted on cardboard, 82 x 62 cm Petit Palais, Paris Associated somewhat reluctantly with Symbolism, Odilon Redon began his career as a creator of monochrome works, charcoals or…
David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825) La mort de Sénèque (The Death of Seneca) 1773 Oil on canvas, 123 x 160 cm Petit Palais, Paris The Roman philosopher Seneca was accused of taking part in a conspiracy against Nero, and was ordered to commit suicide.…
Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Le Massacre des Innocents (The Massacre of the Innocents) 1626–1627 Oil on canvas, 97 x 131.7 cm Petit Palais, Paris The Gospel of St. Matthew tells the story of the Massacre of the Innocents. King Herod ordered the…
Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678) Diana Resting c.1640–1650 Oil on canvas, 123 x 159 cm Petit Palais, Paris Cézanne, who once said, “It is grotesque to imagine that we grow like a fungus, when we have all the generations behind us. Why not…
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Marietta, dite L’odalisque romaine (Marietta, known as The Roman Odalisque) 1843 Oil on paper mounted on canvas, 29.3 x 44.2 cm Petit Palais, Paris Marietta posed for Corot in the studio of Achille Benouville during the painter’s third…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Le Sommeil (The Sleep) 1866 Oil on canvas, 135 x 200 cm Petit Palais, Paris Courbet, who paved the way for Realism in the mid-19th century, remained on the fringes of official art thanks to the support of…
Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923) Le Fou et la Mort (The Fool and Death) 1877 Bronze, 33 x 28.5 x 31 cm Petit Palais, Paris While the sculptural work of Sarah Bernhardt has long been eclipsed by her theatrical glory, its qualities, recently…
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…
Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) L’Âge d’airain (The Age of Bronze) 1875–1876 Bronze, 180 x 66 x 60 cm Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen Compare: Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) L’Âge d’airain modeled 1876, cast c.1906 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York