Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Felipe IV, a caballo (Philip IV on horseback) c.1635 Oil on canvas, 303 x 317 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Of the equestrian portraits painted for the Hall of Realms, this is the only one with a…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Retrato de hombre (Portrait of a Man) c.1623 Oil on canvas, 55.5 x 38 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The pragmatic of January 1623 that dictated a new dress code and has since been used to date…
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Eugène Manet et sa fille dans le jardin de Bougival (Eugène Manet and His Daughter in the Garden at Bougival) 1883 Oil on canvas, 60 x 73.5 cm Private collection See also: • Bougival (France) | Eugène Manet (1833-1892) | Julie Manet (1878-1966)
Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Self-Portrait 1906 Oil on canvas, 69.8 × 53 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze The famous collection of artists’ self-portraits housed in the Vasari Corridor in Florence, which links the Uffizi Gallery with the Palazzo Pitti, goes…
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) Arrangement in Gray: Portrait of the Painter c.1872 Oil on canvas, 74.9 x 53.3 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit In this painting, Whistler explores problems in technique and composition, as well as his own…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Bazille et Camille, Etude pour “Déjeuner sur l’Herbe” (Bazille and Camille, Study for “Déjeuner sur l’Herbe”) 1865 Oil on canvas, 93 x 68.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A woman wearing a long, slate-gray gown walks…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Camille Monet assise sur un banc de jardin (Camille Monet on a Garden Bench) 1873 Oil on canvas, 60.6 x 80.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Monet’s wife, Camille Doncieux, is as easily identifiable here…
Desboutin, Marcellin (1823-1902) Ernest Hoschedé c.1875 Etching and drypoint, 16.3 x 12.1 cm Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris See also: • Hoschedé, Ernest (1837-1891)
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait d’Ernest Hoschedé et sa fille Marthe (Ernest Hoschedé with his daughter Marthe) c.1876 Oil on canvas, 97.5 x 130 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires The Portrait of Ernest Hoschedé and his Daughter is…