Tag: navel

Le bain (1905)

Valadon, Suzanne (1865-1938) Le bain (The Bath) 1905 Pastel on paper, 68.5 × 54.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago While she received little formal artistic training, Suzanne Valadon had many opportunities to observe artists at work as she modelled for…

Tarquinio e Lucrezia (1578-1580)

Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Tarquinio e Lucrezia (Tarquin and Lucretia) 1578–1580 Oil on canvas, 175 × 151.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago According to Roman history, the rape of the virtuous matron Lucretia by Tarquin, son of the king of Rome,…

Portrait de Balzac (1893)

Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Portrait de Balzac (Portrait of Balzac) modeled 1893 (cast 1926–1933) Bronze, 127.6 × 73.7 × 59.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In 1891 Auguste Rodin was commissioned by a literary society to produce a posthumous monument to…

Virgin and Child (c.1485)

Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Virgin and Child c.1485 Oil on panel, 41.1 × 33.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Hans Memling probably worked with Rogier van der Weyden in Brussels before settling in Bruges in 1465. Van der Weyden was well known for his exquisite devotional diptychs, and Memling was influenced by his work,…

Adam (c.1533-1537)

Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Adam c.1533–1537 Oil on panel, 107.5 × 36.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago For most of his long career, Lucas Cranach the Elder was court painter to the Elector of Saxony. Although the general placement of…

Eve (c.1533-1537)

Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Eve c.1533–1537 Oil on panel, 107.5 × 36.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago For most of his long career, Lucas Cranach the Elder was court painter to the Elector of Saxony. Although the general placement of…

La Toilette (1895)

Valadon, Suzanne (1865-1938) La Toilette 1895 Etching on laid paper, 22.7 x 22.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington

The Crucifixion with the Converted Centurion (1536)

Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) The Crucifixion with the Converted Centurion 1536 Oil on panel, 50.8 x 34.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington An armored man on horseback looks up at the middle of three men hanging on rough-hewn wooden crosses…