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) Sacra Famiglia (The Holy Family) c.1527–1528 Oil on panel, 101.3 x 78.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
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…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Les toits du Vieux Nice (The Roofs of Old Nice) c.1911–1919 Oil on canvas Musée Renoir, Cagnes-sur-Mer The old town seen from Renoir’s house. See also: • Nice (France)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Self-Portrait as an Old Man c.1664 Oil on canvas, 74 x 55 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of an Old Man 1665 Oil on canvas, 104 x 86 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Old Man with a Gold Chain 1631 Oil on panel, 83.1 x 75.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This evocative character study is an early example of a type of subject that preoccupied the great Dutch master…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of Margaretha de Geer, Wife of Jacob Trip 1661 Oil on canvas, 75.3 x 63.8 cm National Gallery, London Margaretha de Geer was married to Jacob Trip – an extremely wealthy merchant and arms dealer – for…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of Margaretha de Geer, Wife of Jacob Trip c.1661 Oil on canvas, 130.5 x 97.5 cm National Gallery, London Margaretha de Geer was the wife of Jacob Trip and their two portraits were made to hang together,…