Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) The Apotheosis of James I and Other Studies: Multiple Sketch for the Banqueting House Ceiling, Whitehall c.1628–1630 Oil on oak, 94.7 x 63 cm Tate Britain, London Rubens was the leading artist in Antwerp, and one of the…
Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Frère et soeur (Brother and Sister) 1891 Painted plaster, 39.2 x 20.3 x 19.3 cm Tate Britain, London The first purchaser of this work was Walter Butterworth, who in 1911 negotiated the purchase of three bronzes by Rodin…
Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Self-Portrait as a Deaf Man c.1775 Oil on canvas, 75.9 x 63.4 cm Tate Britain, London Creating self-portraits in character or pulling a face was a traditional form of student exercise. But this image was created when the…
Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Self-Portrait when Young 1753–1758 Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 61.6 cm Tate Britain, London This self-portrait was probably painted soon after Reynolds set up a studio in London in 1753. He had spent the previous three years studying art…
Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Self-Portrait c.1775 Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 61 cm Tate Britain, London This is one of Reynolds‘s most explicit attempts to rival Rembrandt as a self-portraitist. By the time he painted this work, he was the most famous…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Faune dévoilant une dormeuse / Jupiter et Antiope, d’après Rembrandt (Faun Revealing a Sleeping Woman/Jupiter and Antiope, after Rembrandt) 1936 Etching and aquatint on paper, 31.6 x 41.7 cm Tate Britain, London Pablo Picasso’s Faun Revealing a Sleeping…
Redon, Odilon (1840-1916) Profile de femme avec vase de fleurs (Profile of a Woman with a Vase of Flowers) c.1895–1905 Oil on canvas, 65.5 x 50.5 cm Tate Britain, London This medium-size oil painting by the French artist Odilon Redon depicts…
Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Paysage avec un homme tué par un serpent (Landscape with a Man killed by a Snake) probably 1648 Oil on canvas, 118.2 x 197.8 cm National Gallery, London A man has been crushed by a snake and lies…
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Copy of Poussin’s ‘Landscape with a Man Killed by a Snake’ 1799 Graphite on paper, 7.9 x 13 cm Tate Britain, London Compare: Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Paysage avec un homme tué par un serpent probably 1648 National Gallery, London…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Portrait de Camille Pissarro par lui-même (Self-Portrait) 1903 Oil on canvas, 41 x 33.3 cm Tate Britain, London This is the artist’s last self-portrait, executed in his Paris apartment in the Place Dauphine, overlooking the Pont Neuf. It…