Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) La Liberté guidant le peuple. Le 28 juillet 1830 (Liberty Leading the People. July 28, 1830) 1830 Oil on canvas, 260 x 325 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Other title: Une Barricade (A Barricade) Inscription: “Eug. Delacroix.1830” (in…
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Dante et Virgile aux enfers, dit aussi La Barque de Dante (Dante and Virgil in Hell, or The Barque of Dante) 1822 Oil on canvas, 189 x 241.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Purchased by the Directorate of…
Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) Weeping Nude 1913–1914 Oil on canvas, 110 × 135 cm Munch Museum, Oslo
Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) Self-Portrait in Hell (Selvportrett i helvete) 1903 Oil on canvas, 82 × 66 cm Munch Museum, Oslo In this period Munch embarks on a creative quest to reinvent himself as an artist. His images from the 1890s, suddenly seem outdated. As…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Venus del Espejo (Venus at her Mirror, The Rokeby Venus) 1647–1651 Oil on canvas, 122.5 x 177 cm National Gallery, London This is the only surviving female nude painted by Velázquez. The subject was rare in seventeenth-century Spain,…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Amor sacro e amor profano (Sacred and Profane Love) 1515–1516 Oil on canvas, 118 x 278 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma This work was probably sold to Scipione Borghese in 1608 by Cardinal Paolo Emilio Sfondrati. A veritable interpretative enigma, critics…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Venere di Urbino (Venus of Urbino) 1538 Oil on canvas, 119 x 165 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze This is one of Titian’s most famous works and it depicts the emblematic figure of a young bride about to be dressed…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) L’Atelier du peintre (The Painter’s Studio) 1854–1855 Oil on canvas, 361 x 598 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris The enormous Studio is without doubt Courbet‘s most mysterious composition. However, he provides several clues to its interpretation: “It’s the whole world…
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) La Bacchante à la Panthère (Bacchante with a Panther) 1860 Oil on canvas, 54.6 x 95.3 cm Shelburne Museum, Shelburne
