Claudel, Camille (1864-1943) L’Implorante (The Implorer) modeled 1898, cast c.1905 Bronze, 27.9 × 36.8 × 21.3 cm, 5.3 kg Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Camille Claudel, Rodin’s most brilliant student, was consumed by her twelve-year affair with the sculptor. In…
Legros, Alphonse (1837-1911) Torse (Torso) 1892 Plaster, h. 54.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Vénus victorieuse (Venus Victorious) 1914 Bronze, 182.6 x 81.3 x 111.1 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown Compare: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Venus Victrix 1914–1916 Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Venus Victrix 1914–1916 Gum-lacquered patina plaster, 192 x 134 x 73 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Compare: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Vénus victorieuse 1914 Clark Art Institute, Williamstown
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Baigneuse blonde (Blonde Bather) 1881 Oil on canvas, 81.6 x 65.4 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown Compare: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) La Baigneuse blonde c.1880–1881 Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) La Baigneuse blonde 1882 Pinacoteca…
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Corpus (The Crucified Christ) c.1650 Bronze, 174 cm Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Guercino (1591-1666) Il ritorno del figliol prodigo (The Return of the Prodigal Son) 1654–1655 Oil on canvas, 155.6 x 146.1 cm Timken Museum of Art, San Diego The parable depicted by Il Guercino (a nickname meaning “squint-eyed”) is the one most…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Nu féminin assis (Seated Female Nude) c.1916 Oil on canvas, 92.4 x 59.8 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This is one of a series of celebrated female nudes which Modigliani painted in 1916 and 1917. His unusual…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Nevermore 1897 Oil paint on canvas, 60.5 x 116 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London Paul Gauguin painted Nevermore in February 1897, during his second and final stay in Tahiti, an island in the southern Pacific colonised by France. Intended…
Michelangelo (1475-1564) Il Sogno (The Dream) c.1533 Black chalk on laid paper, 27.8 x 39.8 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London One of the finest Renaissance drawings, The Dream is amongst The Courtauld’s greatest treasures. The meaning of this enigmatic work is elusive,…