Tag: man

Plage à Trouville (1890s)

Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Plage à Trouville (Beach at Trouville) 1890s Oil on canvas, 35.6 x 58.1 cm National Gallery, London Boudin is best remembered today for his paintings of crowds of affluent holidaymakers on the beaches of Trouville and Deauville, painted…

Giuseppe e la moglie di Putifar (1649)

Guercino (1591-1666) Giuseppe e la moglie di Putifar (Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife) 1649 Oil on canvas, 123.2 x 158 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A nude woman with pale pink skin reclines under cream-white sheets in a bed as…

Amnon e Tamar (1649-1650)

Guercino (1591-1666) Amnon e Tamar (Amnon and Tamar) 1649–1650 Oil on canvas, 123 x 158.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from the thighs up, a light-skinned man and woman gesture dramatically, partially covered only by colorful lengths of…

Incredulità di san Tommaso (1621)

Guercino (1591-1666) Incredulità di san Tommaso (The Incredulity of Saint Thomas) 1621 Oil on canvas, 115.6 x 142.5 cm National Gallery, London The New Testament recounts how, after his crucifixion, Christ rose from the dead and appeared to his apostles.…

Presentazione di Gesù al Tempio (1623)

Guercino (1591-1666) Presentazione di Gesù al Tempio (Presentation of Jesus in the Temple) 1623 Oil on copper, 72.5 x 65 cm National Gallery, London Mary and Joseph brought the infant Christ, forty days after his birth, to be presented in…

Susanna e i vecchioni (1617)

Guercino (1591-1666) Susanna e i vecchioni (Susanna and the Elders) 1617 Oil on canvas, 176 x 208 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Historian Denis Mahon has masterfully shown that this painting and two other famous works by Guercino –Lot and…

The Boating Party (1893-1894)

Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) The Boating Party 1893–1894 Oil on canvas, 90 x 117.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington We look slightly down into a lime-green and white rowboat carrying a woman holding a baby and a man in this…