Tag: nude

L’Olimpo, Trionfo di Venere (1761-1764)

Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) L’Olimpo, o Trionfo di Venere (The Olympus or Triumph of Venus) 1761–1764 Oil on canvas, 87 x 61.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This is a sketch for a no-longer extant painting on canvas intended to decorate…

Morte di Cleopatra (1660-1662)

Cagnacci, Guido (1601-1663) Morte di Cleopatra (Death of Cleopatra) 1660–1662 Oil on canvas, 120 x 158 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Compare: Cagnacci, Guido (1601-1663) La Morte di Cleopatra c.1645–1655 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York     Cagnacci, Guido (1601-1663) Morte di…

Les Poseuses (1886-1888)

Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Les Poseuses (The Models) 1886–1888 Oil on canvas, 200 x 249.9 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia In this scene set inside the artist’s studio, Seurat depicts models posing in front of A Sunday on La Grande Jatte—1884 (1884–86;…

Visión del Apocalipsis (1608-1614)

El Greco (1541-1614) Visión del Apocalipsis (The Vision of Saint John) c.1608–1614 Oil on canvas, 222.3 x 193 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The painting is a fragment from a large altarpiece commissioned for the church of the…

Les baigneuses (1890-1895)

Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Les baigneuses (The Bathers) c.1890–1895 Pastel and charcoal on paper, 142.24 x 144.14 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Edgar Degas created this monumental bather composition in the mid-1890s, probably after he had seen the great Cézanne…

La Baigneuse blonde (c.1880-1881)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Baigneuse (The Bather) c.1880–1881 Chalk on paper mounted on board, 84.535 x 65.5 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas This is among the most important surviving drawings by Renoir. It relates, without question, to the famous…

Trois Femmes et nature morte, Déjeuner (1920)

Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) Trois Femmes et nature morte, Déjeuner (Three Women and Still Life) 1920 Oil on canvas, 74.3 × 92.08 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas The monumental bodies of Three Women and Still Life (Déjeuner) are composed of…

Nus dans la forêt (1909-1911)

Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) Nus dans la forêt (Nudes in the forest) 1909–1911 Oil on canvas, 120.5 × 170.5 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Distinctive cubist style Fernand Léger had trained as an architect, but soon switches to painting. He admires Paul…