Tag: Milano

Natura morta con la fruttiera (1918)

Severini, Gino (1883-1966) Natura morta con la fruttiera (Still Life with Fruit Dish) 1918 Oil on canvas, 61 x 72 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Severini, recalling in his Memories, the time he spent with his family in Aix-Les-Bains in…

Grande natura morta con la zucca (1917)

Severini, Gino (1883-1966) Grande natura morta con la zucca (Still Life with Pumpkin) 1917 Oil on panel, 92 x 65 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Painted in 1917, Large Still Life with Pumpkin is a typical example of the paintings…

Le Nord-Sud (1912)

Severini, Gino (1883-1966) Le Nord-Sud (North-South) 1912 Oil on panel, 49 x 64 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano After working alongside Boccioni and the Divisionist painters who were active around Giacomo Balla, he joined the Futurist movement in 1910, developing…

Sposalizio della Vergine (1504)

Raffaello (1483-1520) Sposalizio della Vergine (The Marriage of the Virgin) 1504 Oil on panel, 170 x 118 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The painting, dating from 1504, was moved from the Church of San Francesco in Città di Castello to…

Portrait of Lord Donounghmore (1780-1790)

Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Portrait of Lord Donounghmore 1780–1790 Oil on canvas, 126 x 100 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The painting was purchased in London for 2,500 pounds by Ettore Modigliani in 1933 with the proceeds of the Mostra d’Arte…

Portrait of a Girl (1632)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of a Girl 1632 Oil on panel, 60 x 50 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano It was one of the five Flemish paintings sent to Brera in 1813 in exchange for several works taken from Milan by…

Tête de taureau (1942)

Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Tête de taureau (Head of a Bull) 1942 Oil on canvas, 116 x 89 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The expressive brutality of the animal’s bleeding, severed head in such flagrant contrast with the white cloth reminds…

Ritratto del pittore Moisè Kisling (1915)

Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Ritratto del pittore Moisè Kisling (Portrait of the Painter Moïse Kisling) 1915 Oil on canvas, 37 x 29 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The painting originally belonged to Paul Guillaume, art critic, dealer and discoverer of Modigliani,…

Testa di giovane donna (1915)

Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Testa di giovane donna (Head of a Young Lady) 1915 Oil on canvas, 46 x 38 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The work, along with the Portrait of Moisé Kisling, belonged at first to Paul Guillaume, art…

L’Enfant gras (1915)

Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) L’Enfant gras (The Fat Child) 1915 Oil on canvas, 45.5 x 37.5 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano “Today critics are lavish with their praise and confer genius and beauty on every street corner […]. I am almost…