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Susanna e i vecchioni (c.1560)

Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Susanna e i vecchioni (Susanna and the Elders) c.1560 Oil on canvas, 167 x 238 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Compare: Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Susanna e i Vecchioni 1552–1555 Museo del Prado, Madrid     Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Susanna e i vecchioni…

The Honeysuckle Bower (c.1609-1610)

Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) The Honeysuckle Bower c.1609–1610 Oil on canvas, transferred to wood, 178 x 136.5 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich Rubens returned to Antwerp in 1608 after an eight-year stay in Italy. The following year he married Isabella Brant. This…

The Virgin and Child with a Monkey (c.1498)

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) The Virgin and Child with a Monkey c.1498 Engraving, 19.05 x 12.07 Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Albrecht Dürer’s prints are characterized by nearly ethereal transitions from dark to light. From the fineness of the monkey’s wiry fur…

La Musique (1939)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) La Musique (Music) 1939 Oil on canvas, 115.25 x 115.25 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Music was a constant part of Henri Matisse’s life and an endless source of enjoyment and inspiration. He played the violin daily,…

Paysage (1871)

Daubigny, Charles-François (1817-1878) Paysage (Landscape) 1871 Oil on panel, 38.1 x 67.2 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence

Le Bassin d’Argenteuil (1874)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le Bassin d’Argenteuil (The Basin at Argenteuil) 1874 Oil on canvas, 55.2 x 74.3 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence See also: • Argenteuil (France)

Les Grandes Baigneuses (c.1894-1905)

Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Les Grandes Baigneuses (Bathers) c.1894–1905 Oil on canvas, 127.2 x 196.1 cm National Gallery, London Around 200 of Cézanne’s works depict male and female nude bathers, either singly or in groups, in a landscape. The earliest dates from…

Mermaid (1896)

Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) Mermaid 1896 Oil on canvas, 100.3 × 552.5 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia