Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) The Four Rivers of Paradise c.1615 Oil on canvas, 208 × 283 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna According to the conventional interpretation, the four continents are depicted here as female allegoric figures paired with the gods of their…
Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Portrait de Renoir (Portrait of Renoir) 1867 Oil on canvas, 40.5 x 32.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Born to a wealthy family in Montpellier, France, Bazille came to Paris to study medicine and provided crucial financial…
Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) The Artist’s Daughter Mary 1777 Oil on canvas, 77.5 × 64.8 cm Tate Britain, London On loan to Gainsborough’s House (Sudbury, UK). Gainsborough was very fond of his two daughters and painted them frequently from childhood into their late…
Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910) Portrait of Mrs Edith Holman Hunt 1880 Chalk and pastel on paper, 42.8 x 33.8 cm Tate Britain, London Edith Holman Hunt was the artist’s second wife, the sister of his first wife Fanny. It was a…
Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) Femme et enfant dans un paysage (Woman and Child in a Landscape) 1846–1847 Oil on canvas, 45.7 × 38.1 cm National Gallery, London A woman sits on a rocky ledge, her head gracefully turned toward a young naked…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Madam Pompadour 1915 Oil on canvas, 61.1 × 50.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Born of Jewish parents in the Italian coastal town of Leghorn, Amedeo Modigliani settled in Paris in 1906, where he developed friendships with Pablo…
Géricault, Théodore (1791-1824) Tête d’homme guillotiné (Head of a Guillotined Man) 1818–1819 Oil on panel, 48.5 × 29.6 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Théodore Géricault painted this macabre image directly from life. The artist is known to have acquired corpses from…
Laurencin, Marie (1883-1956) Jeune fille à la colombe (Girl with a Dove) 1928 Oil on linen, 46.3 x 38.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) The Flag Outside her Window, April, 1918 (The Boys Marching By) 1918 Oil on canvas, 81.3 x 72.1 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford A young woman turns her attention to the parade for Preparedness Day, an event marking America’s participation…
Gros, Antoine-Jean (1771-1835) Tête de femme (Head of a Woman) c.1820 Oil on canvas, 61 x 50.2 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford