Magritte, René (1898-1967) L’Avenir des statues (The Future of Statues) 1937 Oil on plaster, 33 × 16.5 x 20.3 cm Tate Britain, London This work is made from a plaster copy of the death mask of the French Emperor Napoleon. A…
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) San Girolamo penitente (The Penitent Saint Jerome) 1606 Oil on wood panel, 52.7 x 41.6 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton While in the Syrian desert (A.D. 374–379), Jerome was tempted by Satan (the monster in the crevice…
Magritte, René (1898-1967) Le masque vide (The empty mask) 1928 Oil on canvas, 81.2 x 116.2 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) Niña con máscara (Young Girl With a Mask) 1939 Oil on canvas, 107.3 x 54.6 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford This young girl holds a skull mask, a popular symbol for Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), the…
Ensor, James (1860-1949) Repas comique, Banquet des affamés (Comical Repast, Banquet of the Starved) c.1917–1918 Oil on canvas, 115.6 x 145.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The current title of this painting reflects the two names it was given…
Ensor, James (1860-1949) L’Intrigue (The Intrigue) 1911 Oil on canvas, 94.62 x 112.4 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) Unconscious Rivals 1893 Oil on panel, 45.1 × 62.9 cm Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Pygmalion et Galatée (Pygmalion and Galatea) c.1890 Oil on canvas, 88.9 x 68.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Between 1890 and 1892, Gérôme made both painted and sculpted variations on the theme of Pygmalion and Galatea, the…
Ensor, James (1860-1949) Le Désespoir de Pierrot (Pierrot’s Despair) c.1910 Oil on canvas, 66.3 x 84.2 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
Ensor, James (1860-1949) Nature morte dans l’atelier (Still life in the studio) 1889 Oil on canvas, 83 x 113.5 cm Neue Pinakothek, Munich James Sidney Ensor‘s “Still Life” is more than the usual realistic studio study that is so often encountered…