Blake, William (1757-1827) St. Matthew 1799 Tempera on canvas, 38.5 x 26.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Like St. Matthew, William Blake reported having visions of angels throughout his life. The energy and awe with which the evangelist Saint Matthew…
Blake, William (1757-1827) The Holy Family (also known as Christ in the Lap of Truth) c.1805 Pen, ink and brush, 37.9 x 32.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Although he rejected institutionalized religion, Blake was intensely spiritual, and much of…
Desboutin, Marcellin (1823-1902) Portrait de l’artiste (Portrait of the Artist) c.1891 Oil on canvas, 32.4 x 24.2 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Astruc, Zacharie (1833-1907) Honoré de Balzac 1882 Bronze, 24.2 x 14.3 x 9 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Balzac, Honoré de (1799-1850)
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) La Cena de Emaús (The Supper at Emmaus) 1622–1623 Oil on canvas, 123.2 x 132.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This painting depicts the moment after the Resurrection when Jesus is recognized by two disciples as…
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) La Sacra Famiglia con Santa Maria Maddalena (The Holy Family with Saint Mary Magdalen) c.1495–1500 Distemper on canvas, 57.2 x 45.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The composition of this late picture by Mantegna was inspired…
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) L’Adorazione dei pastori (The Adoration of the Shepherds) shortly after 1450 Tempera on canvas, transferred from wood, 40 x 55.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Painted when the artist was probably in his early twenties, the…
Prins, Pierre-Ernest (1838-1913) Manet sur son lit de mort (Manet on His Deathbed) 1883 Pastel, 32.4 × 46 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York See also: • Manet, Édouard (1832-1883)
Bracquemond, Félix (1833-1914) Portrait d’Alphonse Legros (Portrait of Alphonse Legros) 1875 Etching, 16.7 × 11.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Ever the restless printmaker, fourteen years after producing a portrait of his friend Alphonse Legros, Bracquemond modified the copper plate…
Fontana, Lavinia (1552-1614) Ritratto di un prelato (Portrait of a Prelate) c.1580 Oil on copper, diameter 14 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The daughter of a leading painter in Bologna, Lavinia Fontana became the most famous woman artist of…