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Tête de Don Quichotte (c.1870)

Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Tête de Don Quichotte (Head of Don Quixote) c.1870 Oil on panel, 32 x 24.8 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Compare: Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Don Quichotte et Sancho Panza c.1855 National Gallery, London     Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Don Quichotte lisant 1865–1867 National…

Soissons vu de la fabrique de M. Henry (1833)

Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Soissons vu de la fabrique de M. Henry (Soissons seen from Mr. Henry’s factory) 1833 Oil on canvas, 80 x 100.5 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo The fabrics trader Henry commissioned Corot to paint the view from his home…

Le petit-déjeuner à Pont-l’Evêque (1930)

Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Le petit-déjeuner à Pont-l’Evêque (Breakfast in Pont-l’Evêque) 1930 Oil on board laid down on cradled panel, 75.5 x 101.2 cm Private collection The present work depicts a lively breakfast conversation in the home of Jean Laroche. Laroche made…

Nice, souvenir de la Promenade des Anglais (1880)

Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) Nice, souvenir de la Promenade des Anglais (Nice, Memories of the Promenade des Anglais) 1880 Oil on canvas, 38.5 x 50 cm Petit Palais, Paris Toulouse-Lautrec painted this promenade scene in 1880 when he was only 17,…

Jardinière des Titans (c.1877)

Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Jardinière des Titans (The “Titans” Jardinière) c.1877 Earthenware, 22 x 36 cm Petit Palais, Paris The Titans Jardinière consists of a plinth decorated with four masculine figures on which sits a vase decorated with lizards and leaves. The…