Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Portrait of Sarah Buxton c.1776–1777 Oil on canvas, 110 x 87 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Together with Joshua Reynolds Thomas Gainsborough was one of the great 18th-century British portraitists. A certain rivalry existed between the two painters, which…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Virgin and Child with a Bunch of Grapes c.1509–1510 Oil on panel, 71.5 x 44.2 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Together with Albrecht Dürer, Lucas Cranach the Elder was one of the leading figures in the 16th-century…
De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978) Autoritratto (Self-portrait) 1920 Oil on wood, 50.2 x 39.5 cm Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Petite fille (Little Girl) 1878 Oil on canvas, 45.5 x 38 cm National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
Valadon, Suzanne (1865-1938) Portrait de Maurice Utrillo (Portrait of Maurice Utrillo) 1921 Oil on canvas Private collection See also: • Maurice Utrillo (1883-1955)
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Pietà c.1460 Tempera on panel, 86 x 107 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The panel, dated to the years between 1465 and 1470, marks an evident emancipation of the artist from the influence of Andrea Mantegna, to…
El Greco (1541-1614) El caballero de la mano en el pecho (The Gentleman with His Hand at His Breast) c.1580 Oil on canvas, 81.8 x 66.1 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This bust-length portrait entered the royal collections as a…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Lise cousant (Lise Sewing) c.1867–1868 Oil on canvas, 56.52 × 46.36 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Pierre-Auguste Renoir met Lise Tréhot in the spring of 1866, when he painted in and around the Forest of Fontainebleau…
Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) Nature morte (Still Life) 1929 Oil on canvas, 65.1 × 50.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This work belongs to Léger‘s “objects in space” series of the late 1920s and early 1930s. Although overlapping forms…
Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) Le cycliste (The Bicyclist) 1951 Oil on canvas, 130.8 x 97.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Straddling a bicycle, a sturdy woman stands still. One foot rests on the right pedal, the other on the…