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Dame au chien (c.1769)

Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Dame au chien (A Woman with a Dog) c.1769 Oil on canvas, 81.3 x 65.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This painting belongs to a celebrated group of Fragonards known as the fantasy figures. The canvas…

Ritratto di un prelato (c.1580)

Fontana, Lavinia (1552-1614) Ritratto di un prelato (Portrait of a Prelate) c.1580 Oil on copper, diameter 14 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The daughter of a leading painter in Bologna, Lavinia Fontana became the most famous woman artist of…

Bearded Man with a Velvet Cap (1645)

Flinck, Govert (1615-1660) Bearded Man with a Velvet Cap 1645 Oil on wood, 60.3 x 52.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Flinck studied as a pupil in Rembrandt’s studio and, according to one early biographer, had so internalized his…

A Young Woman as a Shepherdess

Flinck, Govert (1615-1660) A Young Woman as a Shepherdess s.d. Oil on canvas, transferred from wood, 66.7 x 50.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Inscribed (lower right): Rembrandt f. / 1632. Like many of Rembrandt’s other pupils, Govert Flinck…

Virgin and Child with Saint Anne (1519)

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Virgin and Child with Saint Anne probably 1519 Oil on linden, 60 x 49.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Dürer traveled to Italy from 1505–7, in particular to Venice, where he drew many inspirations for his…

Salvator Mundi (c.1505)

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Salvator Mundi (Savior of the World) c.1505 Oil on linden, 58.1 x 47 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This picture of Christ as Savior of the World, who raises his right hand in blessing and in…

L’enlèvement de Rébecca (1846)

Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) L’enlèvement de Rébecca (The Abduction of Rebecca) 1846 Oil on canvas, 100.3 x 81.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Throughout his career Delacroix was inspired by the novels of Sir Walter Scott, a favorite author of…

Autoritratto (1912-1913)

De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978) Autoritratto (Self-Portrait) 1912–1913 Oil on canvas, 87.3 × 69.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York De Chirico painted this self-portrait while he lived in Paris from 1911 to 1915. He created there melancholy cityscapes that became…