Tag: Paris

Pieter Brueghel (s.d.)

Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Pieter Brueghel s.d. Engraving, 25.6 x 16.4 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Inscription: under the square line, “PETRUS BREVGEL/ANTVERPIAE PICTOR RVRALIVM ACTIONUM”. Bottom left: “Ant. V See also: • Brueghel, Pieter the Younger (1564-1638)

Braque Triptych (c.1452)

Van der Weyden, Rogier (c.1399-1464) Braque Triptych c.1452 Oil on wood, 41 x 68 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Closed: Left panel: Saint John the Baptist Central panel: Virgin Mary, Jesus and St John the Evangelist Right panel: St Mary Magdalene…

The Old Palace in Brussels (1670)

Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) The Old Palace in Brussels (Coudenberg Palace) 1670 Oil on wood, 50 x 62.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Former palace of the Dukes of Brabant in the Middle Ages (and of the Dukes of Burgundy,…

Danse à la ville (1883)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Danse à la ville (Dance in the city) 1883 Oil on canvas, 179.7 x 89.1 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Renoir was fond of dance scenes. These two paintings were designed as pendants: they are of the same format…

Danse à la campagne (1883)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Danse à la campagne (Dance in the countryside) 1883 Oil on canvas, 180.3 x 90 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Renoir was fond of dance scenes. These two paintings were designed as pendants: they are of the same format and…

La Danse à la campagne (c.1883)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Danse à la campagne (Dance in the countryside) c.1883 Black pencil on paper, 24.5 x 12.3 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Signed lower left: ‘Renoir’. This is a study for the large painting at MM. Durand-Ruel, engraved…

La Carmencita (1890)

Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) La Carmencita 1890 Oil on canvas, 229 x 140 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Sargent may have first encountered the Spanish dancer known as La Carmencita (1868-1910) at the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris. In 1890, she took New…

La Carmencita (c.1890)

Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) La Carmencita c.1890 Drawing, 34.6 x 22.6 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris After the painting ‘La Carmencita‘ exhibited by the artist at the Salon of 1890. Donated by the artist to the Luxembourg Museum in 1892, entered…