Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Portrait of Giovanni (?) Arnolfini and his Wife 1434 Oil on oak, 82.2 x 60 cm National Gallery, London This must be one of the most famous paintings in the world, and one of the most intriguing.…
Tissot, James (1836-1902) Cache-cache (Hide and Seek) c.1877 Oil on wood, 73.4 x 53.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In early 1874 Degas wrote, “Look here, my dear Tissot. . . you positively must exhibit at the Boulevard [in the…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Vincent’s Bedroom in Arles (F 483, JH 1793) 1889 Oil on canvas, 57.3 x 73.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Compare: Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) The Bedroom 1888 Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) The Bedroom 1889 Art…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Marta e Maria Maddalena (Martha and Mary Magdalene) c.1598 Oil and tempera on canvas, 100 x 134.5 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit See also: • Melandroni, Fillide (1581-1618)
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…