David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825) L’empereur Napoléon dans son cabinet aux Tuileries (The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries) 1812 Oil on canvas, 203.9 × 125.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington How do portraits influence the way we see historic figures?…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Madonna and Child probably c.1535 or after Oil on panel, 71.2 x 52.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) The Crucifixion with the Converted Centurion 1536 Oil on panel, 50.8 x 34.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington An armored man on horseback looks up at the middle of three men hanging on rough-hewn wooden crosses…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) The Nymph of the Spring after 1537 Oil on panel, 48.4 x 72.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington The nymph reclines beside a spring, perhaps a reference to a legendary ancient Roman fountain with which a…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Portrait of a Man 1522 Oil on panel, 57.6 x 39.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from the waist up, a clean-shaven man with pale, peachy skin is dressed in black and burgundy red in…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Portrait of a Woman 1522 Oil on panel, 58 x 39.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Pair: Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Portrait of a Man 1522 National Gallery of Art, Washington
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) A Prince of Saxony c.1517 Oil on panel, 43.7 x 34.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Pair: Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) A Princess of Saxony c.1517 National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Saxony (Germany)
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) A Princess of Saxony c.1517 Oil on panel, 43.4 x 34.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from the lap up, a young girl with pale, peachy skin and long, light brown hair wears a crimson-red…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Jeune femme lisant (A Young Woman Reading) c.1866–1868 Oil on canvas, 60 x 72.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Plage en Normandie (Beach in Normandy) c.1872–1875 Oil on canvas, 61.3 x 90.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Towering, sheer cliffs loom to our left, over a sunny beach scattered with boats in this horizontal landscape painting. The…