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Figure féminine

Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Figure féminine (Female figure) s.d. Oil on canvas, 61 x 46 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires

Marie l’acrobate (1936)

Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) Marie l’acrobate (Mary the Acrobat) 1936 Oil on canvas, 130 x 97 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires Circus images began to appear in Léger’s work roughly twenty years prior to Marie l’acrobate (Marie, the…

San Francisco en meditación (1632)

Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Francisco en meditación (Saint Francis in Meditation) 1632 Oil on canvas, 114 x 78 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires In the iconography of St Francis of Assisi, which began shortly after his…

San Francisco en meditación

Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Francisco en meditación (Saint Francis in Meditation) 17th century Oil on canvas, 81.5 x 57 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires

Segretario

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Segretario (Secretary) 16th century Oil on canvas, 76 x 66 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires

Natività (c.1585-1594)

Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Natività (Nativity) c.1585–1594 Oil on canvas, 111 x 80 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires The Virgin, reclining on a hay mattress, contemplates the Child Jesus lying on a blue cloth. Saint Joseph, on the…

Portrait of a Young Woman (1634)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of a Young Woman 1634 Oil on canvas, 62.5 x 55.6 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires This bust of a young woman turning slightly to the left and inclining her head just a bit…