Thackeray, William Makepeace (1811-1863) Self-Portrait c.1844 Brown ink, 11.4 x 11.2 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Had Thackeray had his choice, he would have made his living not as an author but as an artist. Early in his career, he…
Siqueiros, David Alfaro (1896-1974) Trópico, Hoy (Tropics, Today) 1963 Pyroxilin on wood panel, 48 × 39 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton © Siqueiros David Alfaro / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SOMAAP, Mexico
Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) Il Poeta (The Poet) c.1620–1621 Etching, 15.8 x 12.1 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Ribera produced a small but distinctive group of sixteen etchings, most during a short span in the 1620s. Etching was then undergoing…
Redon, Odilon (1840-1916) Apparition 1905–1910 Oil on canvas, 65 x 50 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton During the 1890s, Redon shifted his attention from charcoal drawing and lithography to a practice that embraced color, working in pastels and oil paints.…
Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le Berger (The Shepherd) 1887 Pastel on paper, 60 x 41 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Compare: Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le fils prodigue 1879 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le fils prodigue…
Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le fils prodigue (The Prodigal Son) 1879 Oil on canvas, 59.4 x 71.5 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Compare: Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le fils prodigue c.1879 National Gallery of Art, Washington Puvis de Chavannes,…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Tête d’homme et nu assis (Head of a Man and Seated Nude) 1964 Oil on canvas, 65 x 81 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Produced late in Picasso’s career, many years after the Cubist period that defined…
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Estudios de cabeza y oreja (Studies of a Head and Ear) 1665–1670 Red and black chalk, 18.4 x 14.1 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton The descriptive use of red and black chalk to depict color is…
Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) Ramenant à la maison le veau né dans les champs (Bringing Home the Calf Born in the Fields) begun c.1860 Oil on canvas, 49.5 x 61 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Millet began this first version of…
Michelangelo (1475-1564) Busto di giovane (Bust of a Youth and Caricature Head of an Old Man, Both in Left Profile) c.1530 Black chalk on tan laid paper, 18.3 × 12.3 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton During the 1520s and early…