Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Bacchus 1638–1640 Oil on canvas, 191 x 161.3 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Bacchanalia was a favourite theme in Rubens‘s work, although Bacchus himself was rarely the subject of his paintings. He saw the subject as reflecting…
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Daniel in the Lions’ Den c.1614–1616 Oil on canvas, 224.2 x 330.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington The Old Testament recounts how the Persian king Darius I “The Great” (550–486 BC) condemned the devout and steadfast…
Moore, Henry (1898-1986) Reclining Figure 1935–1936 Elm wood, 48.26 x 93.34 x 44.45 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo In 1924 Henry Moore began exploring the theme of the reclining figure, and he eventually began seeing parallels between the motif and…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Manaò tupapaú (Spirit of the Dead Watching) 1892 Oil on jute mounted on canvas, 73.02 x 92.39 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo In 1891, after many years without commercial success in France, Paul Gauguin traveled to the…
Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Étude pour “Le Chahut” (Study for “Le Chahut”) 1889 Oil on canvas, 55.24 x 46.99 cm; with the artist’s frame, 67.63 x 58.42 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Study for Le Chahut is the larger and later of…
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) L’angelo della fama (The Angel of Fame) c.1750 Fresco, mounted on canvas, 198.1 x 330.8 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) Harmony in Blue: The Duet c.1874 Oil on panel, 27.3 x 47 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) La Mise au tombeau d’après Titien (The Entombment of Christ after Titian) 1820 Oil on canvas, 40 x 55.5 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon Compare: Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Deposizione di Cristo c.1520 Musée du Louvre, Paris Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Copie…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Deposizione nel sepolcro (The Entombment) 1559 Oil on canvas, 136 x 174.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Titian represented the Gospel account of the burial of Christ (Matthew 27: 57-61; Mark 15: 44-47; Luke 23: 50-54; John 19: 38-42)…
