Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) La Vierge aux anges (The Virgin with Angels / Song of the Angels) 1881 Oil on canvas, 213.4 x 152.4 cm Forest Lawn Museum, Glendale
Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) L’ambulance improvisée (Improvised Field Hospital, Monet) 1865 Oil on canvas, 48 x 65 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris This painting of Claude Monet confined to bed with an injured leg, was painted in the summer of 1865. At the beginning…
Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) La Toilette 1870 Oil on canvas, 130 x 128 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier Inspired by the orientalist imagination as well as the biblical universe, the painting depicts a modern Bathsheba being prepared by two servants for nuptial union. This…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Les Fiancés, dit Le Ménage Sisley (A Couple) c.1868 Oil on canvas, 105 x 75 cm Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne Probably we shall never establish beyond doubt the identity of the lady depicted in the painting. For a long…