Bramante (1444-1514) Cristo alla colonna (Christ Tied to the Column) 1487–1490 Oil on panel, 93.7 x 62.5 Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Bramante was trained in Urbino, a center of mathematical studies where the use of perspective had been developed as a form…
Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Crocifissione (Crucifixion) c.1408 Tempera on panel, 60 x 40.5 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Gentile da Fabriano was the greatest painter of the late Italian Gothic, an itinerant artist who worked in Lombardy, Brescia, Venice, in the marche,…
Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Étude pour La France ou Saint Georges (Study for France or Saint George) c.1902–1903 Bronze, 49.3 x 44 x 37.8 cm Musée Camille Claudel, Nogent-sur-Seine © Musée Camille Claudel, photo by Yves Bourel Camille Claudel and Auguste Rodin shared their…
Giotto (c.1267-1337) Compianto sul Cristo morto (Lamentation of Christ) 1305 Fresco, 200 x 185 cm Cappella degli Scrovegni, Padova Compare: Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) Liberación del peón 1931 Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Portrait d’une femme polonaise (Portrait of a Polish Woman) 1919 Oil on canvas, 100.3 × 64.8 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Notorious for his fiery temper, his passionate love affairs, and his severe poverty, Amedeo Modigliani was the consummate…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Bon Bock (The Good Bock) 1873 Oil on canvas, 94.6 × 83.3 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Bock is a dark, rich beer made in the spring. This vivid depiction of a drinker recalls the animated portraits by…
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist and an Angel c.1630s Oil on panel, 38.7 x 47.6 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Fille avec chien (Girl with Dog) 1873 Oil on canvas, 55.2 x 45.7 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Painted a year before the first impressionist exhibition in Paris, this canvas has all the characteristics that would become associated with the…
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Madame Cézanne au chapeau vert (Madame Cézanne with Green Hat) 1891–1892 Oil on canvas, 100.3 x 81.3 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Cézanne painted at least 29 portraits of his wife, Marie-Hortense Fiquet. Here she appears in a green upholstered…
Schiele, Egon (1890-1918) Self-Portrait 1912 Watercolor over graphite on light brown wove japan paper, 34.9 x 25.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington