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Narciso (1597-1599)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Narciso (Narcissus) 1597–1599 Oil on canvas, 113.3 x 94 cm Palazzo Barberini, Roma The classical myth of Narcissus had been frequently represented since antiquity, but the version by Caravaggio is distinguished by its unusual compositional scheme, conceived rather like a…

Un bar aux Folies Bergère (1882)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Un bar aux Folies Bergère (A Bar at the Folies-Bergeres) 1882 Oil on canvas, 96 x 130 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This celebrated work is Édouard Manet’s last major painting, completed a year before he died, and exhibited in 1882 at…