Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) George Moore 1879 Pastel on canvas, 55.2 x 35.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This pastel, executed in one sitting, depicts the Irish critic and novelist George Moore. He used it as the frontispiece for…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) George Moore dans le jardin de l’artiste (George Moore in the Artist’s Garden) c.1879 Oil on canvas, 54.6 x 45.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A pale-skinned young man with a carrot-red beard and hair faces…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Bal masqué à l’Opéra (Masked Ball at the Opera) 1873 Oil on canvas, 59.1 x 72.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Manet came from a well–to–do family, and this painting provides a glimpse of the sophisticated…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) L’Acteur tragique, Rouvière dans le rôle d’Hamlet (The Tragic Actor, Rouvière as Hamlet) 1866 Oil on canvas, 187.2 x 108.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A bearded man with light skin, wearing a black costume and…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Vieux Musicien (The Old Musician) 1862 Oil on canvas, 187.4 x 248.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In a review of the 1846 Salon, poet and critic Charles Baudelaire urged artists to depict “the heroism…
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Ritratto di Francesco I de’ Medici (Portrait of Francesco I de’ Medici) c.1558 Oil on lead with gold leaf, diameter 7.3 cm Private collection Francesco I was the son of Cosimo de Medici and Eleonor of Toledo…
Bronzino (1503-1572) Cosimo I de’ Medici in armatura (Cosimo I de’ Medici in armour) c.1545 Oil on poplar panel, 86 x 66.8 x 3.5 cm Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Bronzino was the leading painter in mid 16th-century…
Bronzino (1503-1572) Sacra Famiglia (The Holy Family) c.1527–1528 Oil on panel, 101.3 x 78.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Bronzino (1503-1572) Allegoria del trionfo di Venere (An Allegory with Venus and Cupid) c.1545 Oil on wood, 146.1 x 116.2 cm National Gallery, London This is one of Bronzino’s most complex and enigmatic paintings. It contains a tangle of moral…
Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) El joven de la estilográfica (Young Man with a Fountain Pen) 1914 Oil on canvas, 79.5 × 63.5 cm Museo Dolores Olmedo, Mexico City