Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Monje hablando con una anciana (Monk Talking to an Old Woman) c.1825 Watercolor, 5.7 x 5.4 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton In December 1825, Goya wrote to his friend Joaquín Ferrer, “It is true that last…
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Samson and Delilah c.1609–1610 Oil on wood, 185 × 205 cm National Gallery, London Peter Paul Rubens’s Samson and Delilah portrays a tragedy of love and betrayal. According to the Old Testament, Samson, a Jewish hero blessed…
Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Paysage avec Saint Jean à Patmos (Landscape with Saint John on Patmos) 1640 Oil on canvas, 100.3 × 136.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Although French by birth and training, Nicolas Poussin spent most of his career in…
Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) Portrait of a Woman Aged Sixty 1633 Oil on canvas, 102.5 x 86.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington The strength and vitality of the people who helped establish the new Dutch Republic are nowhere better captured than…
Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) Blind Man (Der Blinde) 1896 Oil on canvas, 66 x 53.2 cm Leopold Museum, Vienna
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Vieil homme au bâton (Old Man with a Stick) 1888 Oil on canvas, 70 x 45 cm Petit Palais, Paris
Martini, Simone (c.1284-1344) San Pietro (St. Peter) s.d. Tempera and gold on panel, 58 x 38.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection As is required by an iconographic tradition without exceptions, St. Peter is represented as an old man holding…
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Les hasards heureux de l’escarpolette (The Happy Chances of the Swing) c.1767–1768 Oil on canvas, 81 x 64.2 cm Wallace Collection, London Fragonard’s iconic painting is one of the most emblematic images of 18th-century French art. A young…
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) La Giustizia disarmata (Justice Disarmed) c.1670 Oil on canvas, 168 x 286 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Giorgione (c.1477-1510) La vecchia (The Old Woman) c.1502–1508 Oil on canvas, 68 x 59 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia