Tag: light

The Campo Santo, Venice (1842)

Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) The Campo Santo, Venice 1842 Oil on canvas, 62.2 x 92.7 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Venice is radiant, if somewhat shabby, in Joseph Mallord William Turner’s view north across the Venetian Lagoon. The city…

La Belle Iseult (1858)

Morris, William (1834-1896) La Belle Iseult 1858 Oil on canvas, 71.8 x 50.2 cm Tate Britain, London This is the only completed easel painting that William Morris produced. It is a portrait in medieval dress of Jane Burden, whom Morris married…

The Love Song (1868-1877)

Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) The Love Song 1868–1877 Oil on canvas, 114.3 x 155.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Burne-Jones associated this painting with a refrain from a French folk ballad: “Alas, I know a love song, / Sad or…

La mort de Socrate (after 1787)

David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825) & Studio La mort de Socrate (The Death of Socrates) after 1787 Oil on canvas, 133 x 196 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton David depicts Socrates about to drink hemlock rather than endure exile after being convicted…

Portrait d’une jeune femme (c.1845)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Portrait d’une jeune femme (Portrait of a Young Woman) c.1845 Oil on canvas, 28.3 x 21.0 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Painted when Courbet was studying in Paris and making his living as a portraitist, this young woman…

Testa maschile e leone (1501-1508)

Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Testa maschile e leone (Male Head and Lion) 1501–1508 Brush, chalk and gouache on paper, 23.2 × 12.1 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Recto: Celebrated for his lively religious narrative cycles, Carpaccio was a prolific draftsman whose vibrant brushwork, often…

Due donne in piedi (1501-1508)

Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Due donne in piedi (Two Standing Women, One in Mamluk Dress) 1501–1508 Brush, ink and gouache over chalk on paper, 23.2 × 12.1 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Recto: Celebrated for his lively religious narrative cycles, Carpaccio…

Le Havre (c.1883-1887)

Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Le Havre c.1883–1887 Oil on wood panel, 27.1 x 21 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton See also: • Le Havre (France)

Carrière

Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Carrière (Quarry) s.d. Oil on canvas, 28.3 x 43.3 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Attributed to Frederic Bazille.

San Girolamo penitente (1419-1420)

Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) San Girolamo penitente (The Penitent Saint Jerome) 1419–1420 Tempera on wood panel, 56.5 x 41.2 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Although some scholars attribute this painting to the Florentine artists Masolino, Masaccio, and Giovanni Toscani, most favor the…