Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Victor Chocquet c.1877 Oil on canvas, 35.24 x 27.31 cm Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond Early in his artistic career, Cézanne became associated with painters including Pissarro, Monet, Renoir, and Degas. He learned the theories and techniques of…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Victor Chocquet c.1875 Oil on canvas, 53.02 x 43.5 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA An employee at the Ministry of Finance, Victor Chocquet (1821–1891) met Degas in 1875, and by the second impressionist exhibition, in 1876, had…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Chez la modiste (At the Milliner’s) 1878 Oil on canvas, 32.9 x 24.8 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Chanteuse de Café / Chanteuse au Gant (Café Singer / Singer with a Glove) c.1878 Pastel on canvas, 53.2 x 41 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA Because pastel paints can fade, this extraordinary work can be exhibited only…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Virgen Niña (The Young Virgin) c.1632–1633 Oil on canvas, 116.8 x 94 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York According to medieval legend, as a girl the Virgin Mary lived in the Temple in Jerusalem, where…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait de Madame Brunet (Portrait of Madame Brunet) c.1860–1863, reworked by 1867 Oil on canvas, 132.4 x 100 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles This portrait’s bold brushwork, stark contrasts of light and dark, and frank presentation of the sitter…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) L’Automne, Méry Laurent (Autumn, Mery Laurent) 1882 Oil on canvas, 73 x 51 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nancy See also: • Laurent, Méry (1849-1900) | Proust, Antonin (1832-1905)
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Méry Laurent au carlin (Méry Laurent with a Pug) 1882 Pastel on canvas, 53 x 34 cm Pushkin Museum, Moscow See also: • Méry Laurent (1849-1900)
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Victorine Meurent c.1862 Oil on canvas, 42.9 x 43.8 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Victorine-Louise Meurent (1844-1927) was a professional artist’s model and painter in her own right, exhibiting work at the Paris Salon in 1876 and…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Salomè con la testa del Battista (Salome with the Head of John the Baptist) 1515 Oil on canvas, 90 x 72 cm Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Roma This early masterpiece by Titian, which illustrates the terrible biblical episode in a dark…