Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le bosquet sacré, bien-aimé des arts et des muses (The Sacred Grove, Beloved of the Arts and the Muses) 1884–1889 Oil on canvas, 93 × 231 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago The indeterminately mythological figures that…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Le peintre (The Painter) 1934 Oil on canvas, 98.4 x 80.3 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Curatorial Narrative: Picasso depicts himself standing before his model, Marie Thérèse Walter, object of his passion and persistent subject in his work for nearly…
(1909–1977) Marie-Thérèse in Art: Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Femme allongée 1931 Museo de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Le fauteuil rouge 1931 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Femme à la montre 1932 Private collection …
Ernst, Max (1891-1976) Gala Éluard 1924 Oil on canvas, 81.3 × 65.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This evocative portrait reveals the deeply intertwined personal and artistic lives of members of the Surrealist circle and depicts the movement’s fascination…
(1869–1942) née Maria Boursin pseudonyms Marthe Solange, Marthe de Méligny Marthe in Art: Bonnard, Pierre (1867-1947) Le Café 1915 Tate Britain, London Bonnard, Pierre (1867-1947) Baigneuse, de dos c.1919 Tate Britain, London Bonnard, Pierre (1867-1947) Le bol de…
Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Apollo dormiente con le Muse che si disperdono e la Fama in fuga (Sleeping Apollo with the Muses Dispersing and Fame Fleeing) c.1549 Oil on canvas, 44.5 × 74 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Carriera, Rosalba (1675-1757) Musa (A Muse) c.1725 Pastel on laid blue paper, 31 × 26 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles This alluring muse gracefully turns her head to the left, exposing a seductive neck and tender pink earlobe. Transparent gauze covers…
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Ercole coronato dalle Muse (Hercules crowned by the Muses) 1568 Oil on copper, 40 x 29.5 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze See also: • Francesco I de’ Medici (1541-1587)
(c.1470–1541) Chiara Fancelli in Art: Perugino (c.1446-1523) Madonna col Bambino tra due sante e due angeli c.1490–1492 Musée du Louvre, Paris Perugino (c.1446-1523) Madonna col Bambino e due sante c.1493–1495 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Perugino (c.1446-1523) Madonna col Bambino tra i santi…
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Le compositeur Cherubini et la Muse de la poésie lyrique (The composer Cherubini and the Muse of lyric poetry) 1842 Oil on canvas, 105 x 94 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Cherubini seated, elbow resting on a…