Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna del Prato (Madonna of the meadow) 1505–1506 Oil on poplar, 113 × 88.3 × 3.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscription on the hem of Mary’s dress with the year M.d.V. (perhaps also M.D.V.I. to be read) The group,…
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Head of Medusa c.1613 Oil on canvas, 68.5 × 118 × 2 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Perseus cunningly killed the snake-haired Medusa, who had petrified man and animal with her gaze (Ovid, Metamorphoses). The blood dripping from…
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…
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…
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,…
Daubigny, Charles-François (1817-1878) Paysage (Landscape) 1871 Oil on panel, 38.1 x 67.2 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
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)
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…
Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) Mermaid 1896 Oil on canvas, 100.3 × 552.5 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) La Calèche (Carriage) c.1881 Oil on panel, 32.4 × 23.8 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia