Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Santi Andrea e Tommaso (Saints Andrew and Thomas) before 1627 Oil on canvas, 61.5 × 78.1 cm National Gallery, London Gian Lorenzo Bernini was one of the most successful sculptors and architects of seventeenth-century Rome. This image…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Femme en chemise assise (Seated Woman in a Chemise) 1923 Oil on canvas, 92.1 × 73 cm Tate Britain, London Ballet dancer Olga Khokhlova (1891–1955), Picasso’s wife, was the model for this and several other works from the period.…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Buste de femme (Bust of a Woman) 1944 Oil on canvas, 81 × 65 cm Tate Britain, London This is a portrait of the artist Dora Maar. Picasso painted it in May 1944, during the final weeks of the…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Le Petit Paysan (The Little Peasant) c.1918 Oil on canvas, 100 × 64.5 cm Tate Britain, London
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Madam Pompadour 1915 Oil on canvas, 61.1 × 50.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Born of Jewish parents in the Italian coastal town of Leghorn, Amedeo Modigliani settled in Paris in 1906, where he developed friendships with Pablo…
Géricault, Théodore (1791-1824) Tête d’homme guillotiné (Head of a Guillotined Man) 1818–1819 Oil on panel, 48.5 × 29.6 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Théodore Géricault painted this macabre image directly from life. The artist is known to have acquired corpses from…
Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Autoritratto (Self-Portrait) 1812 Plaster, 90.5 × 47.6 × 28.6 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Inscrition: CANOVA SELPSUM F A N MDCCCXII (back shoulder).
Boccioni, Umberto (1882-1916) Testa di donna (Woman’s Head) 1909 Graphite on paper, with pen and black ink ruled lines, 38.2 × 39.1 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) San Luca (Saint Luke) 1570–1571 Oil on panel, 177.8 × 99.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington The Saint Luke and Saint Mark panels were part of a commission from Pope Pius V in 1569 to decorate the newly…
Schiele, Egon (1890-1918) Self-Portrait c.1917, cast c.1925–1928 Bronze, 27.6 x 18.4 x 25.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington