Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Woman with a Pearl Necklace in a Loge 1879 Oil on canvas, 81.3 × 59.7 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Cassatt created a series of theater scenes in the late 1870s, displaying an interest in city nightlife…
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Jeune femme pensive (Pensive Young Woman) 1855–1860 Oil on panel mounted to plywood, 31.8 × 23.7 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia While landscapes had become a more lucrative endeavor, Corot continued to paint figures in the studio, mostly out…
Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) La Poésie dramatique (Dramatic Poetry, Aeschylus) c.1896 Oil on canvas, 124.1 x 63.2 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia This painting is a scaled-down version of an enormous canvas—over 14 × 7 feet—that Puvis de Chavannes painted as…
Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) Le Pont de Sèvres (Sèvres Bridge) 1877 Oil on canvas, 38.1 x 46.4 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia One of two paintings by the impressionist artist Alfred Sisley in the Barnes collection, this image depicts the bridge that spans…
Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Antibes 1918 Watercolor and charcoal on laid paper, 30.2 x 42.9 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia See also: • Antibes (France)
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) King David Playing the Harp c.1627–1628 Oil on panel, 44.8 x 66 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia The biblical King David strums his harp, performing the music of heaven in concert with five angels. Ornate fictive architecture frames…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Le Jardin au grand soleil, Pontoise (Garden in Full Sunlight, Pontoise) 1876 Oil on canvas, 46.5 x 54.4 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia With its picturesque vista and assemblage of light and textures, this composition demonstrates Pissarro‘s move toward…
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Due Apostoli (Two Apostles) Late 16th century Oil on canvas, 47 x 38.7 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia This painting is likely a fragment of (or perhaps a study for) a larger painting of the Last Supper. Although the…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Femme faisant du crochet (Woman Crocheting) c.1877 Oil on canvas, 41 x 32.5 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia During the 1870s, alongside his ambitious modern life subjects such as Leaving the Conservatory (BF862), Renoir painted very many canvases of single…
El Greco (1541-1614) Aparición de la Virgen y el Niño a San Jacinto (Apparition of the Virgin and Child to Saint Hyacinth) c.1605–1610 Oil on canvas, 158.4 x 98.7 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Hyacinth, a Polish Dominican priest born in 1185,…