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The Siesta, or Pompeian Scene (1868)

Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) The Siesta, or Pompeian Scene 1868 Oil on canvas, 130 x 369 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid A domestic scene set in classical antiquity. An old man and a youth recline on divans while an attractive young woman…

View of Auvers-sur-Oise (1890)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) View of Auvers-sur-Oise 1890 Oil on canvas, 34 x 42.1 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence See also: • Auvers-sur-Oise (France)

Glaucus and Nydia (1867)

Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) Glaucus and Nydia 1867 Oil on wood panel, 55.5 x 81 x 4.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Alma-Tadema, one of the most popular Victorian painters, became famous for his depictions of the luxury and decadence of the…

The Large Plane Trees (1889)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) The Large Plane Trees (Road Menders at Saint-Rémy) 1889 Oil on fabric, 73.4 x 91.8 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Van Gogh sometimes created what he called “repetitions,” in which he painted the same subject and…

Farms near Auvers (1890)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Farms near Auvers 1890 Oil on canvas, 50.2 x 100.3 cm Tate Britain, London A view at Auvers-sur-Oise, a small town just north of Paris. Van Gogh spent the last few months of his life there, from…

Jupiter and Antiope (1659)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Jupiter and Antiope 1659 Etching, 13.9 x 20.1 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Rembrandt depicts the slumbering Antiope so convincingly that it seems he is drawing a model actually sleeping soundly. She lies in a totally relaxed pose, her lips parted and her…

La Diligence de Tarascon (1888)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) La Diligence de Tarascon (Tarascon Stagecoach) 1888 Oil on canvas, 71.4 x 92.5 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Closed shutters in the courtyard of the inn at Arles suggest it is siesta time, and short shadows indicate…

The Mine Crachet-Picquery (1888-1890)

Boch, Eugène (1855-1941) The Mine Crachet-Picquery in Frameries, Borinage 1888–1890 Oil on canvas, 56 x 78 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam Exchanged by the artist with Theo van Gogh, Paris, 22 June 1890. See also: • Van Gogh, Theo (1857-1891)

Eugène Boch (1888)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Eugène Boch 1888 Oil on canvas, 60.3 x 45.4 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Van Gogh met the Belgian painter Eugène Boch (1855-1941) in mid-June 1888, while Boch was spending a few weeks near Arles. Around 8 July, Vincent…

La Chambre à coucher (1888)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) La Chambre à coucher (The Bedroom / De slaapkamer) 1888 Oil on canvas, 72.4 cm x 91.3 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam F0482-JH1608 Arles, October 1888 While he was in Arles, Van Gogh made this painting of…