Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) Spring 1894 Oil on canvas, 178.4 × 80.3 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles Barefoot young women and children adorned with flower crowns and playing musical instruments lead a procession through a city built of marble. Splashes of color,…
Nadar (1820-1910) Émile Zola 1876–1884 Woodburytype, 23.4 x 17.78 cm Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles See also: • Zola, Émile (1840-1902)
Nadar (1820-1910) Victor Hugo sur son lit de mort (Victor Hugo on His Deathbed) 1885 Woodburytype, 18.7 × 24.4 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles When the poet, playwright, and novelist Victor Hugo died in 1885, Nadar went to his deathbed to make…
Nadar (1820-1910) Jacques Offenbach negative 1875–1879; print 1890–1900 Gelatin silver print, 14.5 × 10.5 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles See also: • Offenbach, Jacques (1819-1880)
Nadar (1820-1910) Alexandre Dumas fils 1875–1885 Albumen silver print, 37.5 × 27.9 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles See also: • Dumas, Alexandre (1824-1895)
Nadar (1820-1910) Corot 1855–1859 Platinum print, 21.9 × 16.2 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles See also: • Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875)
Nadar (1820-1910) Alexandre Dumas c.1862 Albumen silver print, 14.6 × 10.6 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles See also: • Dumas, Alexandre (1802-1870)
Nadar (1820-1910) Sarah Bernhardt c.1864 Gelatin silver print, 21.1 × 16.2 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles The extraordinary actress Sarah Bernhardt was about twenty when she posed for Nadar and had barely begun her long and phenomenally successful career. Nadar‘s photograph was…
Ensor, James (1860-1949) L’entrée du Christ à Bruxelles (Christ’s Entry into Brussels in 1889) 1888 Oil on canvas, 252.6 × 431 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles James Ensor took on religion, politics, and art in this scene of Christ entering contemporary…
Carriera, Rosalba (1675-1757) Musa (A Muse) c.1725 Pastel on laid blue paper, 31 × 26 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles This alluring muse gracefully turns her head to the left, exposing a seductive neck and tender pink earlobe. Transparent gauze covers…