Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Paysage avec des falaises rocheuses et une cascade (Landscape with Rocky Cliffs and a Waterfall) 1872 Oil on canvas, 61 x 73 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam At the time of the Hague School, the French painter Courbet enjoyed a…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Nature morte aux pommes (Still Life with Apples) 1871–1872 Oil on canvas, 59 x 48 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Signature and date: ‘G. Courbet. 72.’ Inscription: ‘St. Pélagie’ Although the painting is dated 1872, it may have been made…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Portrait de Jean Cocteau (Portrait of Jean Cocteau) 1916 Pencil on paper, 42.1 26.3 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam The now highly admired Modigliani died at the age of 35 in Paris from a combination of tuberculosis, alcohol, narcotics and…
Thackeray, William Makepeace (1811-1863) Thackeray the Humourist and the Man of Letters 1864 Albumen print on paper, 18.5 x 12.5 x 25 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam This work belongs to Thackeray the humourist and the man of letters the story of his…
Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) Cristo in casa di Simone il fariseo (Christ in the House of Simon the Pharisee) 1544 Pen, ink, chalk and brush on paper, 55.6 x 41.4 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam This detailed drawing on blue paper is a study…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Portrait de Stéphane Mallarmé (Portrait of Stéphane Mallarmé) 1891 and/or 1913–1919 Etching on paper, 18.3 x 14.3 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Portrait of the symbolist writer Stéphane Mallarmé. Behind the portrait, the head of a raven, taken from Manet‘s…