Valadon, Suzanne (1865-1938) Le bain (The Bath) 1905 Pastel on paper, 68.5 × 54.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago While she received little formal artistic training, Suzanne Valadon had many opportunities to observe artists at work as she modelled for…
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Tarquinio e Lucrezia (Tarquin and Lucretia) 1578–1580 Oil on canvas, 175 × 151.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago According to Roman history, the rape of the virtuous matron Lucretia by Tarquin, son of the king of Rome,…
Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Portrait de Balzac (Portrait of Balzac) modeled 1893 (cast 1926–1933) Bronze, 127.6 × 73.7 × 59.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In 1891 Auguste Rodin was commissioned by a literary society to produce a posthumous monument to…
Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le bosquet sacré, bien-aimé des arts et des muses (The Sacred Grove, Beloved of the Arts and the Muses) 1884–1889 Oil on canvas, 93 × 231 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago The indeterminately mythological figures that…
Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) Male Nude with Left Foot on a Pedestal 1879 Graphite and white heightening on brown wove paper, 40.8 x 26.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Duchamp, Marcel (1887-1968) Nu assis dans une baignoire (Nude Seated in a Bathtub) 1910 Oil on canvas, 92.1 × 73.1 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Adam c.1533–1537 Oil on panel, 107.5 × 36.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago For most of his long career, Lucas Cranach the Elder was court painter to the Elector of Saxony. Although the general placement of…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Eve c.1533–1537 Oil on panel, 107.5 × 36.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago For most of his long career, Lucas Cranach the Elder was court painter to the Elector of Saxony. Although the general placement of…