Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Le Repos (The Rest) 1932 Oil on canvas, 46 x 46 cm Private collection, London Le Repos is a stunning and intimate depiction of Picasso’s “golden muse,” Marie-Thérèse Walter, and is among the most iconic images of his…
Guercino (1591-1666) La morte di Cleopatra (Death of Cleopatra) 1648 Oil on canvas, 173 x 237 cm Palazzo Rosso, Genova This painting, in which Cleopatra is depicted in the act of taking her life, in order not to suffer the shame…
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Femme allaitant son enfant / Hortense Fiquet donnant le sein (Woman breastfeeding her child / Hortense Fiquet breastfeeding) 1872 Oil on canvas, 22 x 22 cm Private collection See also: • Fiquet Cézanne, Marie-Hortense (1850-1922)
Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) San Sebastiano curato da Sant’Irene (St Sebastian Cured by St Irene) 1628 Oil on canvas, 156.5 x 188 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Jusepe de Ribera lived the greater part of his life in Naples, which at…
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Baigneuses (Bathers) 1895–1900 Pastel with charcoal underdrawing on paper, 59.1 × 73.7 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia One of the things that made Degas such a radical artist was his approach to representing the human form. Here, rather than…
Gentileschi, Orazio (1563-1639) Riposo nella fuga in Egitto (Rest on the Flight into Egypt) c.1626–1628 Oil on canvas, 138.5 × 216 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscribed at lower left: HORATIVS GENTILESHVS FECIT On the run from Herod, the Holy Family rests…
Gentileschi, Orazio (1563-1639) Maddalena penitente (The Penitent Mary Magdalene) c.1622–1628 Oil on canvas, 163 × 208 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscribed at lower right: HORATIVS GENE …FLORENTINVS Fully possessed of her physical beauty, the repentant sinner lies on the ground in…
Redon, Odilon (1840-1916) Femme dormant sous un arbre (Woman Sleeping under a Tree) 1900–1901 Tempera on canvas, 26 x 35 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) Lying naked woman c.1909–1912 Blue pencil on white paper, 36.8 x 55.9 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Gentileschi, Orazio (1563-1639) Riposo nella fuga in Egitto (Rest on the Flight into Egypt) 2nd quarter of the 17th century Oil on canvas, 157 x 225 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Compare: Gentileschi, Orazio (1563-1639) Riposo nella fuga in Egitto c.1620…