Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Boulevard Montmartre, Mardi Gras 1897 Oil on canvas, 65.1 x 81.3 cm Hammer Museum, Los Angeles See also: • Boulevard Montmartre (Paris) | Streets | Streets (Paris)
Boulevard Montmartre, Mardi Gras (1897)
Tag: Mardi Gras
Merrymakers at Shrovetide (c.1616-1617)
Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) Merrymakers at Shrovetide c.1616–1617 Oil on canvas, 131.4 x 99.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Shrovetide, now better known as Mardi Gras, is the traditional period of indulgence before the fasting and self-discipline of Lent. In the…
The Beggars (1568)
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Beggars (The Cripples) 1568 Oil on panel, 18.5 x 21.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The real meaning of the scene, in particular the meaning of the motif of fox tails (a motif dear to…