Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Baigneuse assise (Young Girl Bathing) 1892 Oil on canvas, 81.3 x 64.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Pierre Auguste Renoir painted a great many canvases of single bathers in outdoor settings, timeless studies of fulsome…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) The Ascension of Christ 1636 Oil on canvas, 92.7 x 68.3 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich The so-called ‘Passion Cycle’ was painted for the stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, Prince Frederik Hendrik of Orange. The six paintings…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) The Entombment c.1635–1639 Oil on canvas, 92.5 x 68.9 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich The so-called ‘Passion Cycle’ was painted for the stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, Prince Frederik Hendrik of Orange. The six paintings however do…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) & Workshop The Sacrifice of Isaac 1636 Oil on canvas, 195 x 132.3 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich To test the steadfastness of his faith, God asked Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac. Only at the very last moment…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) The Raising of the Cross c.1633 Oil on canvas, 96.2 x 72.2 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich The so-called ‘Passion Cycle’ was painted for the stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, Prince Frederik Hendrik of Orange. The six…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) The Deposition of Christ from the Cross 1632–1633 Oil on West Indian cedar (Cedrela odorata), 89.4 x 65.2 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich The so-called ‘Passion Cycle’ was painted for the stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, Prince…