Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Erasmus of Rotterdam writing 1523 Mixed technique glued on paper, on pine, 37.1 x 30.8 cm Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel See also: • Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466-1536)
Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Erasmus writing 1528 Oil on wood, 43 x 33 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Compare: Legros, Alphonse (1837-1911) Copie de mémoire de l’Erasmus de Holbein s.d. National Gallery of Art, Washington Legros, Alphonse (1837-1911) Erasme c.1899 Musée…
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Un Bureau de coton à La Nouvelle-Orléans (A Cotton Office in New Orleans) 1873 Oil on canvas, 73 x 92 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts, Pau See also: • New Orleans, LA (USA)
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Die Drahtziehmühle (The Wire-drawing Mill) c.1489 Watercolor and gouache on paper, 29 x 42.6 cm Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin The depiction of the landscape environment, which is self-evident and particularly interesting to us, was not common for centuries, from the…
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Autorretrato ante su caballete (Self-portrait at his easel) c.1785 Oil on canvas, 40 x 27 cm Real Academia de San Fernando, Madrid The execution of this canvas coincides with a decisive stage in Goya‘s life in Madrid. In…
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Étude pour Rue de Paris, temps de pluie (Study for Paris Street, Rainy Day) 1877 Graphite, with touches of erasing and charcoal, on tan laid paper 30.2 x 46.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This preparatory drawing…
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Portrait of Cardinal Niccolò Albergati c.1435 Silverpoint on white paper, 21.4 x 18 cm Kupferstich-Kabinett, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden The only known drawing by the artist. It served as a preliminary drawing for Jan van Eyck‘s painting…
Tissot, James (1836-1902) Portrait de jeune femme / Berthe (Portrait of a young woman / Berthe) c.1883 Graphite pencil, pastel and paper on canvas, 73 x 59 cm Petit Palais, Paris