Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Étude des palmiers (Study of Palm Trees) 1855–1856 Oil on canvas, laid down on board, 26.7 × 32.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Gérôme painted this study during his first trip to Egypt in 1855–56. The same…
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Pygmalion et Galatée (Pygmalion and Galatea) c.1890 Oil on canvas, 88.9 x 68.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Between 1890 and 1892, Gérôme made both painted and sculpted variations on the theme of Pygmalion and Galatea, the…
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Prière à la mosquée (Prayer in the Mosque) 1874 Oil on canvas, 88.9 x 74.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Gérôme painted this scene, which depicts the interior of the seventh-century mosque of ‘Amr in Cairo, after…
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Café Maison, Le Caire; la coulée balles (Cafe House, Cairo; Casting Bullets) 1884 or earlier Oil on canvas, 54.6 x 62.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York While two mercenaries cast bullets and a third, seated behind them,…
Ensor, James (1860-1949) Les Tribulations de Saint Antoine (Tribulations of Saint Anthony) 1887 Oil on canvas, 117.8 x 167.6 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York
Ensor, James (1860-1949) Face à la mort des masques (Masks Confronting Death) 1888 Oil on canvas, 81.3 x 100.3 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York
Carriera, Rosalba (1675-1757) Ritratto d’uomo (Portrait of a Man) c.1710 Ivory, 76 x 59 mm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Carriera was known throughout Europe for her pastel portraits, but she also pioneered the use of ivory as a support…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Paesaggio con satiro (Landscape with a Satyr) 16th century Pen and brown ink on paper, 18.9 x 20.6 cm Frick Collection, New York
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ritratto di giovane con un cappello rosso (Portrait of a Man in a Red Hat) 1510s Oil on canvas, 82.2 x 71.1 cm Frick Collection, New York
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Pietro Aretino c.1537 Oil on canvas, 101.9 × 85.7 cm Frick Collection, New York See also: • Aretino, Pietro (1492-1556)