Modotti, Tina (1896-1942) Escaleras, Ciudad de México 1924–1926 Gelatin silver print, 18.4 x 23.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York From 1923 to 1926 Modotti and Edward Weston lived and worked together in Mexico City, operating a portrait studio to…
Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899) La foire aux chevaux (The Horse Fair) 1852–1855 Oil on canvas, 244.5 x 506.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This, Bonheur’s best-known painting, shows the horse market held in Paris on the tree-lined Boulevard de l’Hôpital, near…
Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899) Sevrage des veaux (Weaning the Calves) 1879 Oil on canvas, 65.1 x 81.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The scene is probably located on one of the high pasturelands of the Pyrenees. Rosa Bonheur took a trip…
Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899) Boeuf couché (Reclining Ox) modeled 1846 Bronze, dark brown patina; wood base, 14.6 × 28.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Bonheur made figures such as this primarily to serve as models for sketches which would be useful in…
Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899) Taureau qui marche (Walking Bull) modeled 1846 Bronze, 17.5 × 31.6 × 11.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899) Brebis tondue (Shorn Ewe) modeled c.1842, cast probably before 1891 Bronze, 14.6 × 21.6 × 10.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899) Limier Briquet Hound c.1856 Oil on canvas, 36.8 x 45.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This painting, made from life about 1856, depicts a dog that belonged to a gentleman known as the Vicomte d’Armaille. It…
Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Virgin and Child c.1475–1480 Oil on wood, diameter 17.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The composition of this small roundel of the Virgin suckling the Christ Child was very popular, disseminated through workshop patterns that date…
Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Venere e Cupido (Venus and Cupid) 1520s Oil on canvas, 92.4 x 111.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In his inimitable fashion, in this unique masterpiece Lorenzo Lotto takes one of the most popular subjects of Venetian…
Lorenzo di Credi (c.1459-1537) Madonna che adora il Bambino (Madonna Adoring the Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and an Angel) early 1490s Tempera on wood, diameter 91.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York An angel introduces the infant…