Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Le jardin hivernal au paon (The Winter Garden with a peacock) c.1940 Glue and gouache on paper mounted on canvas, 211 x 151 cm Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris
Le jardin hivernal au paon (c.1940)
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Portrait of a Couple (c.1622)
Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) Portrait of a Couple (Probably Isaac Abrahamsz Massa and Beatrix van der Laen) c.1622 Oil on canvas, 140 x 166.5 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam This happy, smiling pair sits comfortably close to each other. Posing a couple together in…
Peacock (1878)
Morris, William (1834-1896) Peacock 1878 Tapestry, 290 x 168 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Tapestry: wool weave, twill weave (twisted woolen warp, green; woolen wefts, dark blue and light blue, and slatted wefts, ochre, orange, green, brown and blue); pattern reproduced 4…
Dish (c.1885)
De Morgan, William (1839-1917) Dish c.1885 Earthenware, copper and silver luster, diameter 36 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris
The Garden of Eden (c.1610-1612)
Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) The Garden of Eden c.1610–1612 Oil on panel, 59.4 x 95.6 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Colección Carmen Thyssen Brueghel was born into a famous dynasty of artists and, together with Rubens, he was generally regarded as…
Air (1621)
Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) Air 1621 Oil on copper, 45 x 65 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Birds like the armillary sphere of the muse Urania, the telescope of the putto which observes the chariots of Apollo (sun) and Diana…
Peacock and Dragon (1878)
Morris, William (1834-1896) Peacock and Dragon 1878 Weft-faced compound twill; wool, 206.6 x 174.7 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Morris sought to produce textiles that could function as he imagined medieval wall hangings had, bringing warmth to stone-cold rooms. Boldly…
Jephthah (1867)
Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) Jephthah 1867 Oil on canvas, 127 x 162.7 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Judgement of Paris (1530)
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Judgement of Paris 1530 Oil and tempera on panel, 50.8 x 36.4 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis
Allegoria dell’Agricoltura (early 1680s)
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Allegoria dell’Agricoltura (Allegory of Agriculture) early 1680s Oil on canvas, 121.4 x 192 cm National Gallery, London This modello, or detailed oil study, is one of a group of 12 that Giordano made in preparation for the ceiling frescoes in…