Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Le Coffret chinois (Chinese Casket) 1922 Oil on canvas, 60.4 x 74 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Henri Matisse‘s love of decoration is evident here, as the patterned tablecloth and wallpapers flow together into a dizzying composition that almost…
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) La Lecture interrompue (Interrupted Reading) c.1870 Oil on canvas mounted on board, 92.5 × 65.1 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Interrupted Reading is among the most compelling of Camille Corot’s late figure paintings. Corot almost never exhibited…
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Jeune Fille appuyée sur un coussin (Young Woman Leaning on a Cushion) 1870–1872 Oil on canvas, 35 x 41 cm Nationalgalleriet, Oslo
Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Frances, Countess of Dartmouth 1756 Oil on canvas, 127 x 102 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The present portrait of Frances, Countess of Dartmouth was acquired for the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection in 1977 from the UK art market. As with…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Saint Anne with donor (Interior right wing) c.1514 Oil on panel, 85 x 30.6 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, on loan at the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC) Lucas Cranach the Elder was one of the…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Négresse (The Negress) 1862–1863 Oil on canvas, 61 x 50 cm Pinacoteca Agnelli, Torino
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Espagnole à la croix noire (Spanish Woman Wearing a Black Cross) 1865 Oil on canvas, 60.96 x 46.99 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Intérieur, Deux musiciennes (Interior, Two Musicians) 1923 Oil on canvas, 61.3 x 73.2 cm Pola Museum of Art, Hakone
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ritratto del conte Antonio di Porcia e Brugnera (Portrait of Count Antonio Porcia and Brugnera) 1535–1540 Oil on canvas, 115 x 93 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The painting, signed on the windowsill, portrays the Friulian nobleman Antonio di…
Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) Marie l’acrobate (Mary the Acrobat) 1936 Oil on canvas, 130 x 97 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires Circus images began to appear in Léger’s work roughly twenty years prior to Marie l’acrobate (Marie, the…