Tag: nude

Adam (c.1533-1537)

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…

Eve (c.1533-1537)

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…

The Day of Judgment (1805)

Blake, William (1757-1827) The Day of Judgment 1805 Pen, ink and watercolor, over graphite, on paper, laid down on tan board, 27.4 × 22.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

La Toilette (1895)

Valadon, Suzanne (1865-1938) La Toilette 1895 Etching on laid paper, 22.7 x 22.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington

Guerrier nu avec une lance (c.1816)

Géricault, Théodore (1791-1824) Guerrier nu avec une lance (Nude Warrior with a Spear) c.1816 Oil on canvas, 93.6 x 75.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington At the age of nineteen, Théodore Gericault entered the Parisian studio of Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, a successful…

The Nymph of the Spring (after 1537)

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…

Venere adornata dalle Grazie (c.1590-1595)

Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Venere adornata dalle Grazie (Venus Adorned by the Graces) c.1590–1595 Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 133 x 170.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In the left half of this horizontal painting, a bare-chested, seated woman, Venus, is…