Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) The Virgin Nursing the Child c.1512 Oil on limewood, 81.6 × 54 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
The Virgin Nursing the Child (c.1512)
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Calvary (1480s)
Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Workshop Calvary (central panel) 1480s Oil on oak, 56.2 × 62.7 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Calvary Triptych (1480s) Left shutter: Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Christ Carrying the Cross 1480s Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Right shutter: Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494)…
Paysan avec brouette (1848-1852)
Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) Paysan avec brouette (Peasant with a Wheelbarrow) 1848–1852 Oil on canvas, 37.8 x 45.4 cm Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Millet was a leading member of the Barbizon School of painters, which rose to prominence around 1850. Often working…
Le printemps à Essoyes (c.1900)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Le printemps à Essoyes (Springtime in Essoyes) c.1900 Oil on canvas, 19-3/4 x 24-1/8 in. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis See also: • Essoyes (France)
La danse champêtre (c.1706-1710)
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) La danse champêtre (The Country Dance) c.1706–1710 Oil on canvas, 50 x 60.01 cm Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis In this, his earliest known painting, Watteau draws inspiration from scenes of fairs, peasant weddings, and country dances by Flemish…
Les joies de la maternité (c.1754)
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Les joies de la maternité (The Joys of Motherhood) c.1754 Oil on canvas, 57 x 38-1/2 in. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Idealized visions of the pleasures of local country life were popularized in the 1740s by Charles-Simon Favart…
Christ jaune (1889)
Bernard, Émile (1868-1941) Christ jaune (Yellow Christ) 1889 Oil on canvas, 27-9/16 x 23-5/8 in. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis The artists of Pont-Aven were moved by the piety of the Breton people and often painted religious themes. Here Bernard presents Christ…
Paysage, effet de neige, le Val près de Giverny (1888)
Hoschedé Monet, Blanche (1865-1947) Paysage, effet de neige, le Val près de Giverny (Landscape, Snow Effect; The Valley near Giverny) 1888 Oil on canvas, 64.1 × 90.8 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Blanche Hoschedé-Monet began painting at the age of…
Le Pont japonais (c.1923-1925)
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le Pont japonais (The Japanese Bridge) c.1923–1925 Oil on canvas, 88.9 x 116.21 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis In 1883, Claude Monet moved to Giverny, about forty miles northwest of Paris. For the rest of his life, he…
La Fontaine de Vénus (1756)
Boucher, François (1703-1770) La Fontaine de Vénus (Fountain of Venus) 1756 Oil on canvas, 233 x 215 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Lighthearted, erotic decorative schemes remained popular among the French aristocracy throughout the 1700s. In this painting, part of the…