Tag: NGA

Le torero mort (1864)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le torero mort (The Dead Toreador) probably 1864 Oil on canvas, 75.9 x 153.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington From a low perspective, we look at a man wearing black and white, lying on the ground…

Huîtres (1862)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Huîtres (Oysters) 1862 Oil on canvas, 39.2 x 46.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A plate of oysters, a halved lemon, an oyster fork and shells, and a dish of salt are arranged on a wooden…

Le Vieux Musicien (1862)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Vieux Musicien (The Old Musician) 1862 Oil on canvas, 187.4 x 248.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In a review of the 1846 Salon, poet and critic Charles Baudelaire urged artists to depict “the heroism…

La fortezza di Königstein (1756-1758)

Bellotto, Bernardo (1721–1780) La fortezza di Königstein (The Fortress of Königstein) 1756–1758 Oil on canvas, 133 x 235.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In the distance, a fortress sits on a rocky plateau below a sky filled with lightly…

Campo di SS Giovanni e Paolo, Venezia (1743-1747)

Bellotto, Bernardo (1721–1780) Campo di SS Giovanni e Paolo, Venezia (The Campo di SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice) 1743–1747 Oil on canvas, 70.8 x 111 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Campo Santi Giovanni e Paolo (Venezia)

Eleonora di Toledo (c.1560)

Bronzino (1503-1572) Eleonora di Toledo c.1560 Oil on panel, 86.4 x 65.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Eleonora di Toledo (1522-1562)