Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le bosquet sacré, bien-aimé des arts et des muses (The Sacred Grove, Beloved of the Arts and the Muses) 1884–1889 Oil on canvas, 93 × 231 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago The indeterminately mythological figures that…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) The Nymph of the Spring after 1537 Oil on panel, 48.4 x 72.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington The nymph reclines beside a spring, perhaps a reference to a legendary ancient Roman fountain with which a…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Plage en Normandie (Beach in Normandy) c.1872–1875 Oil on canvas, 61.3 x 90.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Towering, sheer cliffs loom to our left, over a sunny beach scattered with boats in this horizontal landscape painting. The…
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Madonna che legge (The Virgin Reading) c.1505 Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 78 x 51 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Carpaccio reimagined the Madonna and Child theme when he made this painting. Instead of wearing a traditional…
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) La fuga in Egitto (The Flight into Egypt) c.1515 Oil on panel, 72 x 111 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Joseph, Mary, and her newborn son, Jesus, have fled Bethlehem and are on the road to Egypt. They…
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Tigre qui boit (Tiger Drinking) 1853–1855 Oil on compressed board, 25.3 x 39.6 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Boccioni, Umberto (1882-1916) Lago con cigni (Lake with Swans) 1908 Color etching, inked à la poupée, on wove paper, 21 × 30.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Post, Frans (1612-1680) A Brazilian Landscape 1650 Oil on wood, 61 x 91.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York From 1630 to 1654, the Dutch Republic maintained a colony in the north of Brazil. Post accompanied the governor to the…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Chasse au tigre (Tiger Hunt) c.1895 Oil on canvas, 38 x 46 cm Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Natività (The Nativity) c.1473–1475 Fresco transferred to canvas, 161.3 x 137.2 cm Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia Sandro Botticelli is arguably the most renowned Renaissance master of the 15th century. The Nativity is not only the sole Botticelli…