Tag: man

Ritratto virile (c.1470)

Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Ritratto virile (Portrait of a Man) c.1470 Tempera on hardboard transferred from canvas transferred from panel, 24.2 x 19.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington

Conversazione tra le rovine (1927)

De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978) Conversazione tra le rovine (Conversation among the Ruins) 1927 Oil on canvas, 130.5 x 97.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A man, woman, a small table, chair, and two fragments of walls float on an octagonal, straw-colored…

Saltimbanques errantes (1847-1850)

Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Saltimbanques errantes (Wandering Saltimbanques) 1847–1850 Oil on wood, 32.6 x 24.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington An older man, a woman, and a child who holds a chair upside-down on his head stand near each other in…

Les joueurs de cartes (1892-1896)

Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Les joueurs de cartes (The Card Players) 1892–1896 Oil on canvas, 60 x 73 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London Compare: Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Joueurs de cartes 1890–1892 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York    

Studio per giovane nudo sul profeta Daniele (1510-1511)

Michelangelo (1475-1564) Studio per giovane nudo sul profeta Daniele (Study for the Nude Youth over the Prophet Daniel, recto) 1510–1511 Chalk over charcoal on paper, 34.3 x 24.3 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Universally considered one of the greatest artists…

Jeux interdits (1935)

Maar, Dora (1907-1997) Jeux interdits (Forbidden Games) 1935 Gelatin silver print, montage, 28 x 21.6 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Maar is hardly alone among Surrealists in making works that suggest or depict sexual practices “forbidden” by society. Photography’s realism…