Tag: man

La Maison de La Crau (1888)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) La Maison de La Crau (The Old Mill) (F 550, JH 1577) 1888 Oil on canvas, 64.77 x 53.975 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo In February 1888, Vincent van Gogh left the cold, dreary winter in…

The Potato Eaters (1885)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) The Potato Eaters (De Aardappeleters) 1885 Oil on canvas, 82 x 114 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam F0082-JH0764 Nuenen, April-May 1885 Van Gogh saw the Potato Eaters as a showpiece, for which he deliberately chose a difficult…

The Land of Milk and Honey (1567)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Land of Milk and Honey 1567 Oil on oak, 51.5 x 78.3 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich The theme broached here is human wrongdoing that includes idleness and gluttony. It pervades all social classes, as shown…

Massacre of the Innocents (Romania)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Massacre of the Innocents 1565–1567 Oil on wood, 115.5 x 164 cm Brukenthal National Museum, Sibiu Compare: Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Massacre of the Innocents 1565–1567 Upton House and Gardens, England     Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569)…

Netherlandish Proverbs (1559)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Netherlandish Proverbs 1559 Oil on oak panel, 117.2 x 163.8 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin SHELFMARK / INSCRIPTION: Reference lower right: BRVEGEL • 1559 The picture brings together 100 proverbs and places them in surroundings that are as…

Portrait de Gauguin (1888)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Portrait de Gauguin (Portrait of Gauguin / Man in Red Beret) 1888 Oil on jute on panel, 38.2 cm x 33.8 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam F0546 Arles, December 1, 1888 Van Gogh painted his friend, the…

Enea, Anchise e Ascanio (1619)

Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Enea, Anchise e Ascanio (Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius) 1619 Marble, h. 220 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma This is the first large sculpture group produced by Gian Lorenzo Bernini for Scipione Borghese, for which a payment receipt dating…

Deposizione (c.1600-1604)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Deposizione (Entombment of Christ) c.1600–1604 Oil on canvas, 300 x 203 cm Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vaticano The Deposition, considered one of Caravaggio‘s greatest masterpieces, was commissioned by Girolamo Vittrice for his family chapel in S. Maria in Vallicella (Chiesa Nuova) in Rome.…

Crocifissione di Sant’Andrea (1606-1607)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Crocifissione di Sant’Andrea (The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew) 1606–1607 Oil on canvas, 202.5 x 152.7 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Although Saint Andrew is typically associated with an X-shaped cross, here he is depicted on a standard vertical cross.…