Campin, Robert (c.1378-1444) A Man c.1435 Oil with egg tempera on oak, 40.7 x 28.1 cm National Gallery, London This striking portrait of a man in a red hat forms a pair with Campin’s A Woman – the sitters were clearly husband…
A Man (c.1435)
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A Woman (c.1435)
Campin, Robert (c.1378-1444) A Woman c.1435 Oil with egg tempera on oak, 40.6 x 28.1 cm National Gallery, London This striking portrait of a woman forms a pair with Campin’s portrait A Man: the sitters were clearly married. We don’t know…
A Young Man at Prayer (c.1475)
Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) A Young Man at Prayer c.1475 Oil on oak, 39 x 25.4 cm National Gallery, London A pale young man, hands folded in prayer, is engaged in private devotions. The book is presumably a prayer book or a Book…
Virgin and Child (c.1475)
Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Virgin and Child c.1475 Oil on oak, 37.9 x 28 cm National Gallery, London The Virgin Mary, bareheaded and richly dressed, holds the naked Christ Child, who rests on a white cushion on a ledge of purple-grey veined…
Victor Hugo sur son lit de mort (1885)
Nadar (1820-1910) Victor Hugo sur son lit de mort (Victor Hugo on His Deathbed) 1885 Woodburytype, 18.7 × 24.4 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles When the poet, playwright, and novelist Victor Hugo died in 1885, Nadar went to his deathbed to make…
Honoré Daumier (1856-1858)
Nadar (1820-1910) Honoré Daumier 1856–1858 Salted paper print, 24.4 x 17.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington This portrait of the renowned caricaturist and painter Honoré Daumier was possibly not a commissioned work, but the result of a voluntary engagement with a…
Tête de femme (1971)
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Tête de femme (Head of Woman) 1971 Pastel on grey board, 29.5 x 21 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena
Dr. Albert C. Barnes (1926)
De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978) Dr. Albert C. Barnes 1926 Oil on canvas, 92.7 x 73.7 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Dr. Albert C. Barnes acquired and arranged all the works in these galleries between 1912 and 1951. The Italian surrealist Giorgio de Chirico…
The Lamentation over the Dead Christ (c.1640)
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) The Lamentation over the Dead Christ c.1640 Oil on canvas, 115.5 × 207.5 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp Christ’s dead body is laid out across the entrance to a cave, his head resting on Mary’s…
Ludovico Ariosto (c.1508-1510)
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ludovico Ariosto (?) (Potrait of a Man) c.1508–1510 Oil on canvas, 58.72 x 46.02 cm Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Compare: Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ludovico Ariosto (?) c.1510 National Gallery, London See also: • Ariosto, Ludovico (1474-1533)