Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna del Pesce (Madonna of the Fish) 1513–1514 Oil on panel, 215 x 158 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Seated on a throne, the Virgin holds the Christ Child in her lap. On the right, Saint Jerome dressed as…
Magritte, René (1898-1967) Le mal du pays (Homesickness) c.1948 Watercolor and gouache on paper, 45.5 x 35.1 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago © 2013 C. Herscovici, London / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Lion dévorant un lapin (Lion Devouring a Rabbit) 1853 Oil on canvas, 46.5 x 55.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Madonna at the Fountain 1439 Oil on panel, 19 x 12 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp Inscriptions: frame, lower: A XAN/ IOHES DE EYCK ME FECIT + PLEVIT ANO 1439° The Virgin Mary lovingly cradles the…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) La Bohémienne endormie (The Sleeping Gypsy) 1897 Oil on canvas, 129.5 x 200.7 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Le Rêve (The Dream) 1910 Oil on canvas, 204.5 x 298.5 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York “The woman asleep on the couch is dreaming she has been transported into the forest, listening to the sounds from the…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Les représentants des puissances étrangères venant saluer la République en signe de paix (The Representatives of Foreign Powers Coming to Greet the Republic as a Sign of Peace) 1907 Oil on canvas, 130.7 x 162.5 cm Musée Picasso, Paris…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) La Liberté invitant les artistes à participer à la 22e exposition des Indépendants (Liberty Inviting Artists to Take Part in the 22nd Exhibition of the Societe des Artistes Independants) 1905–1906 Oil on canvas, 175 x 118 cm…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Le repas du lion (The Repast of the Lion) c.1907 Oil on canvas, 113.7 x 160 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This work was probably shown in the Salon d’Automne of 1907, but it treats a theme…
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) San Girolamo (St. Jerome) c.1482 Oil on panel, 103 x 74 cm Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vaticano No information is available as to the destination of the painting and who it was commissioned by. Still in the sketch state it…