Tag: light

Family of Jan Brueghel the Elder (1613-1615)

Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Family of Jan Brueghel the Elder 1613–1615 Oil on panel, 95.2 x 125.1 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London See also: • Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) | Brueghel, Jan the Younger (1601-1678)

The Honeysuckle Bower (c.1609-1610)

Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) The Honeysuckle Bower c.1609–1610 Oil on canvas, transferred to wood, 178 x 136.5 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich Rubens returned to Antwerp in 1608 after an eight-year stay in Italy. The following year he married Isabella Brant. This…

Portrait of a Man (1597)

Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Portrait of a Man, Possibly an Architect or Geographer 1597 Oil on copper, 21.6 x 14.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This sensitive portrait on copper is one of Rubens’s earliest known works. The square…

Hélène Fourment putting on a glove (c.1632)

Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Hélène Fourment putting on a glove c.1632 Oil on oak, 96.6 x 69 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich When compared with the elaborate and imposing full-length portrait of Helene Fourment in the collection (inv. no. 340), the present…

Daniel in the Lions’ Den (c.1614-1616)

Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Daniel in the Lions’ Den c.1614–1616 Oil on canvas, 224.2 x 330.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington The Old Testament recounts how the Persian king Darius I “The Great” (550–486 BC) condemned the devout and steadfast…

L’angoscia della partenza (1913-1914)

De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978) L’angoscia della partenza (The Anguish of Departure) 1913–1914 Oil on canvas, 86.04 x 70.17 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo In his own words, Giorgio de Chirico aspired “to live in the world as an immense museum of…

La Jeune bonne (c.1918)

Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) La Jeune bonne (The Servant Girl) c.1918 Oil on canvas, 152.4 x 60.96 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Between 1915 and 1920, Amedeo Modigliani executed many portraits in a style characterized by sparse settings and figures rendered…

Une laveuse au Quai d’Anjou (c.1860)

Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Une laveuse au Quai d’Anjou (Laundress on the Quai d’Anjou) c.1860 Oil on wood, 28.57 x 19.68 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Through light and shadow, Honoré Daumier empathetically responded to the effects of increasing industrialization in…