Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Souvenirs (Memories) 1840 Hand-coloured lithograph and gum arabic on buff paper, 26.8 × 81 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Claudel, Camille (1864-1943) L’Âge mûr (Age of Maturity) 1899 Bronze, 61.5 x 85 cm x 375 cm Musée Camille Claudel, Nogent-sur-Seine With The Age of Maturity, Camille Claudel demonstrates her artistic mastery and creativity, now fully mature. The artist addresses the passage…
Bellini, Jacopo (c.1400-c.1470) Sant’Antonio Abate e San Bernardino da Siena (Saint Anthony Abbot and Saint Bernardino of Siena) 1459 Tempera on poplar panel, 110 x 57 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Pueyrredón, Prilidiano (1823-1870) Patio porteño en 1850 (Courtyard in Buenos Aires in 1850) c.1860 Oil on copper, 30.2 x 43 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires This small painting has been overrated in its quality, for example the…
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Susanna e i Vecchioni (Susanna and the Elders) 1552–1555 Oil on canvas, 58 x 116 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This canvas is part of a group of six paintings: Susannah and the Elders (P386), Esther and…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Vieux Musicien (The Old Musician) 1862 Oil on canvas, 187.4 x 248.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In a review of the 1846 Salon, poet and critic Charles Baudelaire urged artists to depict “the heroism…
Bronzino (1503-1572) Madonna e Bambino con santi (The Madonna and Child with Saints) c.1540 Oil on wood, 101.6 x 81.3 cm National Gallery, London Elderly Saint Elizabeth looks down over the Virgin Mary’s shoulder at her son Saint John the…