Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Self-Portrait (F 268, JH 1299) c.1887 Oil on canvas, 40.3 x 34 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Curatorial Narrative: Throughout his short career, van Gogh was fascinated with his own features and painted numerous portraits of himself. This…
Post, Frans (1612-1680) A Brazilian Landscape 1650 Oil on wood, 61 x 91.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York From 1630 to 1654, the Dutch Republic maintained a colony in the north of Brazil. Post accompanied the governor to the…
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) Pandora 1881 Watercolor on paper, 26 x 24.3 cm Private collection
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) An Egyptian in a Doorway 1865 Oil on wood, 55.9 x 39.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In the mid-1860s, Alma-Tadema painted a number of subjects set in ancient Egypt, in which convincing archaeological precision and uncanny…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Sous-bois avec deux personnages (Undergrowth with Two Figures) 1890 Oil on canvas, 49.5 x 99.7 cm Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) Comparison 1892 Oil on canvas Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati
Van der Weyden, Rogier (c.1399-1464) Portrait of a Young Woman c.1435–1440 Silverpoint on cream prepared paper, 16.6 x 11.6 cm British Museum, London
Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) Naturaleza muerta con botella de licor (Still life with a liqueur bottle) 1915 Oil on canvas, 50.9 x 61.2 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) La Madeleine au désert, Méditation (Mary Magdalene in the Desert, Meditation) 1869 Oil on canvas, 52.5 x 36.5 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Atiti 1892 Oil on canvas, 29.7 x 24.7 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Atiti on his deathbed In 1891 Paul Gauguin moves to Tahiti. There he becomes friends with his neighbours, the Suhas family. He feels particularly close to…