Cellini, Benvenuto (1500-1571) Perseo con la testa di Medusa (Perseus with the Head of Medusa) 1545–1554 Bronze, h. 519 cm Piazza della Signoria, Firenze Compare: Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Perseo con la testa della Medusa 1804–1806 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York …
Cellini, Benvenuto (1500-1571) Saliera (Salt Cellar) 1540–1543 Gold, enamel, ebony, ivory, 28.5 × 21.5 × 26.3 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The only extant work in gold by this Florentine artist already famous during his lifetime, Cellini’s masterpiece is far more than a…
Cellini, Benvenuto (1500-1571) Bindo Altoviti 1549 Tin-bronze, 105.5 x 68.5 x 40.5 cm Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston Bindo Altoviti (1491–1557) was a prominent banker and art collector. An opponent of the Medici family, which had ruled Florence for generations, Altoviti…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) La Muse (The Muse) 1935 Oil on canvas, 130 x 162 cm Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris Returning to a peaceful climate, Picasso painted two Inspiration figures, one drawing its own reflection in the mirror, the other sleeping. The…
Kahlo, Frida (1907-1954) El marco (The Frame) 1938 Oil on aluminum, framed in glass, 28.5 × 20.7 cm Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris This uncompromising self-portrait depicts the artist’s face free of the stereo-typical female aesthetics dictated by social convention. Frida Kahlo…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Autoportrait (Self Portrait) 1900 Oil on canvas, 55 x 46 cm Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Madame Cézanne en bleu (Madame Cézanne in Blue) 1888–1890 Oil on canvas, 74.1 × 61 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Paul Cézanne produced more than 40 painted portraits of his wife, Hortense Fiquet, during their roughly three decades…
Schiele, Egon (1890-1918) Death and the Maiden (Tod und Mädchen) 1915 Oil on canvas, 150 × 180 cm Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Portrait de deux fillettes (Portrait of Two Little Girls) 1890–1892 Oil on canvas, 46.5 x 55 cm Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris Renoir was very fond of representing two young girls enjoying the same pastime together. This was one of…
Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) Evening Talk 1889 Oil on canvas, 175.6 x 216 x 9.1 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen Munch’s lifelong obsession with loneliness and psychologically twisted love relationship began with this large picture. This was the first time that he…