Boucher, François (1703-1770) Portrait de Madame de Pompadour (Portrait of Madame Pompadour) 1756 Oil on canvas, 205 × 161 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich Madame de Pompadour was the official mistress of King Louis XV of France. She gained great influence and also…
Braque, Georges (1882-1963) Le métronome (Metronome) 1909 Oil on canvas, 41 x 33 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
Braque, Georges (1882-1963) Violon et palette (Violin and palette) 1909 Oil on canvas, 91.7 x 42.8 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York When Georges Braque abandoned a bright Fauve palette and traditional perspective in 1908, it was the inspiration of Paul Cézanne’s geometrized…
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Quattro donne che fanno musica (Four Women making Music) 1658–1660 Oil on canvas, 57 x 101.5 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam On loan from the Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis, May 1948. Four young women making music. Busts. The two…
Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid 1884 Oil on canvas, 293.4 x 135.9 cm Tate Britain, London This work was based on Alfred Tennyson‘s poem ‘The Beggar Maid’. King Cophetua of Ethiopia falls in love with Penelophon, a…
Laurencin, Marie (1883-1956) Deux femmes au piano (Two Women at Piano) c.1913 Oil on canvas, 61.3 x 66.4 cm Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) At the Piano 1902, 1908 Oil on canvas, 61.3 x 66.4 cm Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati
Ensor, James (1860-1949) Au conservatoire (At the Conservatory) c.1893 Oil on canvas mounted on panel, 56.5 x 71.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Incoronazione della Vergine (Coronation of the Virgin) c.1420 Tempera and gold leaf on panel, 93 × 64.1 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Luigi Cherubini 1841 Oil on canvas, 83.2 x 71.1 cm Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati Compare: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Cherubini et la Muse de la poésie lyrique 1842 Musée du Louvre, Paris See also: • Cherubini, Luigi (1760-1842)