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Portrait d’Erik Satie (1892-1893)

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)

Victor Hugo sur son lit de mort (1885)

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:…

Phryné devant l’aréopage (1861)

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…

Diogène (1860)

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)

Café Maison, Le Caire (1884)

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,…

Anacréon, Bacchus et l’Amour (1878)

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…

Portrait of a Man (s.d.)

Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Portrait of a Man (Triumphal Arch in Venice) s.d. Oil on panel, 10 × 8 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp

Venus Frigida (1614)

Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Venus Frigida (Cold Venus) 1614 Oil on panel, 143 x 184 x 3.8 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp The title refers to Terence: “sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus” (“without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus freezes”)…