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Danse I (1909)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Danse I (Dance I) 1909 Oil on canvas, 259.7 x 390.1 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York See also: Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Capucines avec le tableau “Danse” I 1912 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York    

Baccanale con un tino di vino (c.1470-1490)

Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Baccanale con un tino di vino (Bacchanal with a Wine Vat) c.1470–1490 Engraving and drypoint, 29.9 x 43.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Throughout his life, Mantegna was fascinated with classical antiquity. In the middle of…

Madonna col Bambino tra serafini e cherubini (c.1454)

Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Madonna col Bambino tra serafini e cherubini (Madonna and Child with Seraphim and Cherubim) c.1454 Tempera and gold on wood, 44.1 x 28.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The composition of this touching image, which may…

L’Adorazione dei pastori (1450)

Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) L’Adorazione dei pastori (The Adoration of the Shepherds) shortly after 1450 Tempera on canvas, transferred from wood, 40 x 55.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Painted when the artist was probably in his early twenties, the…

Manet sur son lit de mort (1883)

Prins, Pierre-Ernest (1838-1913) Manet sur son lit de mort (Manet on His Deathbed) 1883 Pastel, 32.4 × 46 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York See also: • Manet, Édouard (1832-1883)

La Mort des Fantômes (1928)

Magritte, René (1898-1967) La Mort des Fantômes (The Death of Ghosts) 1928 Gelatin silver print, 13.9 x 8.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The great Surrealist painter of philosophical conundrums was also a prolific photographer who sometimes used his…

Garçon avec un chat (1934)

Maar, Dora (1907-1997) Garçon avec un chat (Boy with a Cat) 1934 Gelatin silver print, 41.4 × 29 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York From 1930 to 1934 Maar turned her camera to the inhabitants of the streets of Paris…

Père Ubu (1936)

Maar, Dora (1907-1997) Père Ubu 1936 Gelatin silver print, 39.7 x 29.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The Surrealist artist Dora Maar is better known as Picasso‘s dark-haired model and companion in the late 1930s than for her astonishing…

Dora Maar dans un fauteuil (1939)

Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Dora Maar dans un fauteuil (Dora Maar in an Armchair) 1939 Oil on canvas, 73.3 × 60.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Picasso painted this portrait of Surrealist photographer Dora Maar (1907–1997), then his lover, during…