Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) La toilette de Vénus 1873 Oil on canvas, 170 x 130 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires
La toilette de Vénus (1873)
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Premier deuil (1888)
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Premier deuil (The First Mourning) 1888 Oil on canvas, 203 x 250 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires During the last quarter of the 19th Century, every month of May would bring extensive accounts of…
Mignon (1869)
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Mignon 1869 Oil on canvas, 100.4 x 81.3 cm Private collection
Jeune mère contemplant son enfant (1871)
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Jeune mère contemplant son enfant (Young Mother Gazing at Her Child) 1871 Oil on canvas, 76.2 x 95.2 cm Private collection
Doge Alvise Mocenigo presentato al Redentore (probably 1577)
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Doge Alvise Mocenigo presentato al Redentore (Doge Alvise Mocenigo Presented to the Redeemer) probably 1577 Oil on canvas, 97.2 x 198.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This unfinished sketch records one stage of Tintoretto’s preparation…
Ulysses (1827)
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Ulysses 1827 Oil on canvas on wood, 25.1 x 19.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
The Evening of the Deluge (c.1843)
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) The Evening of the Deluge c.1843 Oil on canvas, 76 x 76 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A butter-yellow sky fills the top two-thirds of this square landscape painting while in the bottom third,…
Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Moonlight (1835)
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Moonlight 1835 Oil on canvas, 92.3 x 122.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Joseph Mallord William Turner excelled at capturing the beauty and mysteries of light. Cool, white moonlight…
Approach to Venice (1844)
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Approach to Venice 1844 Oil on canvas, 62 x 94 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington When Approach to Venice was first exhibited in 1844, Joseph Mallord William Turner quoted Lord Byron in the catalog…
The Rape of Proserpine (1839)
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) The Rape of Proserpine 1839 Oil on canvas, 92.6 x 123.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington