Caravaggio (1571-1610) Ragazzo che monda un frutto (Boy peeling a fruit) c.1592–1593 Oil on canvas, 63 x 53 cm Royal Collection, Hampton Court Palace, London Caravaggio was probably the most influential painter of the early seventeenth century. This may be his…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) L’Atelier du peintre (The Painter’s Studio) 1854–1855 Oil on canvas, 361 x 598 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris The enormous Studio is without doubt Courbet‘s most mysterious composition. However, he provides several clues to its interpretation: “It’s the whole world…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Un enterrement à Ornans (A Burial at Ornans) 1849–1850 Oil on canvas, 315 x 668 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris At the end of the summer of 1849, Courbet began his first monumental painting. He wanted to make it…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Juliette Courbet 1873–1874 Oil on canvas, 81 x 65.5 cm Museu de Arte de São Paulo, São Paulo Juliette, the youngest of the artist’s three sisters, was to become the faithful conservator of his studio. The work…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Portrait de Zélie Courbet (Portrait of Zélie Courbet) 1847 Oil on canvas, 57 x 47.5 cm Museu de Arte de São Paulo, São Paulo The model in the painting Portrait of Zélie Coubert is Courbet’s sister, Zélie (1828-1875).…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Portrait de Juliette Courbet (Portrait of Juliette Courbet) 1844 Oil on canvas, 77.5 x 62 cm Petit Palais, Paris See also: • Courbet, Juliette (1831-1915)
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Courbet au chien noir (Courbet with a black dog) 1842–1844 Oil on canvas, 46.3 x 55.5 cm Petit Palais, Paris Gustave Courbet depicted himself as the young artist that he then was, of Bohemian elegance, travelling with his…
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) La Bacchante à la Panthère (Bacchante with a Panther) 1860 Oil on canvas, 54.6 x 95.3 cm Shelburne Museum, Shelburne
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Vue depuis les jardins Farnèse (View from the Farnese Gardens, Rome) 1826 Oil on paper mounted on canvas, 24.4475 x 40.005 cm The Phillips Collection, Washington After working several years in France, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot embarked for Italy in…
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Autoportrait à l’âge de 24 ans (Self-portrait at age 24) 1804 Oil on canvas, 77 x 63 cm Musée Condé, Chantilly An early work, painted in 1804, was exhibited in its initial state at the Salon…