Rembrandt (1606-1669) Head of a Young Man with Clasped Hands, Study of the Figure of the Christ c.1648–1652 Oil on oak panel, 25.5 x 20.1 cm Louvre, Abu Dhabi This work is part of the group of Figures of Christ, alongside six…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Claude Monet lisant (Claude Monet reading) c.1873 Oil on canvas, 61.7 x 50 cm Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris Companion: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Camille Monet c.1873 Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris Compare: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Claude Monet, Le Liseur 1872 National Gallery…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Monsieur Charpentier c.1879 Oil on canvas, 32.5 x 25 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Renoir‘s skill at rendering his subjects in a flattering light meant that his portraits were in high demand among Parisian bourgeois society. This small portrait likely…
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Eugène Manet 1874 Oil on paper laid down on board, 63 × 79.5 cm Private collection See also: • Eugène Manet (1833-1892)
Cellini, Benvenuto (1500-1571) Saliera (Salt Cellar) 1540–1543 Gold, enamel, ebony, ivory, 28.5 × 21.5 × 26.3 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The only extant work in gold by this Florentine artist already famous during his lifetime, Cellini’s masterpiece is far more than a…
Cellini, Benvenuto (1500-1571) Bindo Altoviti 1549 Tin-bronze, 105.5 x 68.5 x 40.5 cm Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston Bindo Altoviti (1491–1557) was a prominent banker and art collector. An opponent of the Medici family, which had ruled Florence for generations, Altoviti…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Autoportrait (Self Portrait) 1900 Oil on canvas, 55 x 46 cm Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris
Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) Evening Talk 1889 Oil on canvas, 175.6 x 216 x 9.1 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen Munch’s lifelong obsession with loneliness and psychologically twisted love relationship began with this large picture. This was the first time that he…
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Cristo in pietà sorretto da due angeli (Christ as the Suffering Redeemer supported by two angels) 1495–1500 Tempera on panel, 78 x 48 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen The Gospel according to St. Luke begins its account of…
Lippi, Filippino (1457-1504) Incontro di Gioacchino e Anna fuori dalla Porta Aurea di Gerusalemme (Meeting of Joachim and Anne outside the Golden Gate of Jerusalem) 1497 Tempera on panel, 112.5 x 124 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen Filippino Lippi first studied…