Tag: man

Adam and Eve (1642)

Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678) Adam and Eve 1642 Oil on canvas, 203.2 x 182.9 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Compare: Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678) Adam and Eve 1640s Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest    

London Visitors (c.1874)

Tissot, James (1836-1902) London Visitors c.1874 Oil on canvas, 160 × 114.3 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Outside the National Gallery in London a fashionable tourist couple decides what to see next. The woman points her umbrella imperiously in the…

The Love Song (1868-1877)

Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) The Love Song 1868–1877 Oil on canvas, 114.3 x 155.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Burne-Jones associated this painting with a refrain from a French folk ballad: “Alas, I know a love song, / Sad or…

Le Cauchemar (1832)

Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Le Cauchemar (The Nightmare) published 1832 Lithograph, 23.3 x 29.4 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Daumier, along with his editor and fellow caricaturist Charles Philipon, scandalized the monarchy of Louis-Philippe through his increasingly critical depictions of the…

Studio per La scelta di Ercole (c.1595-1597)

Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Studio per La scelta di Ercole (Study for the Choice of Hercules) c.1595–1597 Pen and ink over traces of red chalk on paper, 22.3 × 19.3 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Annibale Carracci’s first decorative project for the…

Testa maschile e leone (1501-1508)

Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Testa maschile e leone (Male Head and Lion) 1501–1508 Brush, chalk and gouache on paper, 23.2 × 12.1 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Recto: Celebrated for his lively religious narrative cycles, Carpaccio was a prolific draftsman whose vibrant brushwork, often…

Nudo maschile seduto (c.1618-1624)

Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Nudo maschile seduto (Seated Male Nude) c.1618–1624 Red chalk heightened with white chalk on buff laid paper, 42.2 × 27.2 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Bernini’s graphic oeuvre, which largely consists of quick sketches for sculptural…

Croquet Scene (1866)

Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) Croquet Scene 1866 Oil on canvas, 40.3 × 66.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago One of America’s foremost painters, Winslow Homer began his career as an illustrator during the Civil War. In the late 1860s, he turned…