Campin, Robert (c.1378-1444) Saint John the Baptist and the Franciscan Heinrich von Werl 1438 Oil on oak panel, 101 x 47 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Pair: Campin, Robert (c.1378-1444) Saint Barbara 1438 Museo del Prado, Madrid
Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Christ Giving His Blessing 1478 Oil on oak panel, 36.5 x 26.7 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena
Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) The Man of Sorrows in the arms of the Virgin 1475 Oil and gold leaf on wood panel, 27.4 × 19.9 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Sustermans, Justus (1597-1681) Ritratto di Galileo Galilei (Portrait of Galileo Galilei) 1635 Oil on canvas, 56 x 48 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze The portrait of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) is one of Sustermans’ most famous works. It was commissioned by Elia…
Valadon, Suzanne (1865-1938) Portrait d’Erik Satie (Portrait of Erik Satie) 1892–1893 Oil on canvas, 41 x 22 cm Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris See also: • Satie, Erik (1866-1925)
Nadar (1820-1910) Victor Hugo sur son lit de mort (Victor Hugo on His Deathbed) 1885 Woodburytype, 18.7 × 24.4 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles Compare: Nadar (1820-1910) Victor Hugo sur son lit de mort 1885 Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo See also:…
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Phryné devant l’aréopage (Phryné before the Areopagus) 1861 Oil on canvas, 80 x 128 cm Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg Compare: Nadar (1820-1910) Femme nue debout 1860–1861 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Famed for his portraits of writers, artists, and…
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Diogène (Diogenes) 1860 Oil on canvas, 74.5 x 101 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore See also: • Athens (Greece) | Diogenes (c.404 BC-c.323 BC)
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Café Maison, Le Caire; la coulée balles (Cafe House, Cairo; Casting Bullets) 1884 or earlier Oil on canvas, 54.6 x 62.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York While two mercenaries cast bullets and a third, seated behind them,…
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Anacréon, Bacchus et l’Amour (Anacreon with the Infants Bacchus and Cupid) modeled 1878 (cast c.1893) Bronze, 72.4 × 43.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In the early 19th century, industrial approaches to production created a new middle-class market for small-scale…