Tag: man

Portrait d’homme (1855)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait d’homme (Antonin Proust?) 1855 Oil on canvas, 56 x 47 cm National Gallery, Prague See also: • Proust, Antonin (1832-1905)

Adam (1507)

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Adam 1507 Oil on panel, 209 x 81 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Dürer made this panel and its companion, Eve upon returning from his second trip to Italy in 1505. Both works constitute an effort to synthesize…

Portrait of a Man (1521)

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Portrait of a Man 1521 Oil on panel, 50 x 36 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This portrait is one of Dürer’s great creations. It offers a three-quarters view of an unidentified person. Dürer places him in front…

La deposizione dalla croce (c.1550)

Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) La deposizione dalla croce (The Descent from the Cross) c.1550 Oil on copperplate, 70 x 54 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Christ’s dead body is taken off the Cross by Joseph of Arimathea, Nicodemus and Saint John the…

Apollo insegue Dafne (c.1755-1760)

Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Apollo insegue Dafne (Apollo Pursuing Daphne) c.1755–1760 Oil on canvas, 68.5 x 87 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Throughout his career Tiepolo painted small pictures of mythological themes, which proved extremely popular. The subjects of these works…

Le travail (c.1863)

Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le travail (Work) c.1863 Oil on canvas, 108.5 x 148 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Compare: Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le repos c.1863 National Gallery of Art, Washington    

Le repos (c.1863)

Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le repos (Rest) c.1863 Oil on canvas, 108.5 x 148 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Compare: Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le travail c.1863 National Gallery of Art, Washington    

Famille de saltimbanques (1905)

Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Famille de saltimbanques (Family of Saltimbanques) 1905 Oil on canvas, 212.8 x 229.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A group of three men, two children, and one woman gather in an empty, dusky rose-pink landscape under a…

La Tragédie (1903)

Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) La Tragédie (The Tragedy) 1903 Oil on wood, 105.3 x 69 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Painted entirely in shades of blue, this vertical scene shows a woman, an elderly man, and a young child standing close…