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La Sieste (c.1892-1894)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) La Sieste (The Siesta) c.1892–1894 Oil on canvas, 88.9 x 116.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The unaffected grace and communal ease of Tahitian women impressed Gauguin enormously. The artist worked on this painting over…

Adorazione dei pastori Allendale (1505-1510)

Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Adorazione dei pastori Allendale (The Adoration of the Shepherds) 1505–1510 Oil on panel, 90.8 x 110.5 cm cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Four people with pale skin are gathered to our right in a landscape, their heads…

Sacra Famiglia Benson (c.1500)

Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Sacra Famiglia Benson (The Holy Family) c.1500 Oil on panel transferred to hardboard, 37.3 x 45.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington An old man and a young woman holding an infant are seated together in the center…

Île aux Fleurs près de Vétheuil (1880)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Île aux Fleurs près de Vétheuil (Île aux Fleurs near Vétheuil) 1880 Oil on canvas, 66 x 81.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This is one of two views of the Île aux Fleurs, an…

La Seine à Lavacourt (1880)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La Seine à Lavacourt (The Seine at Lavacourt) 1880 Oil on canvas, 98.425 x 149.225 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas See also: • Lavacourt (France)

L’étang à Montgeron (c.1876)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) L’étang à Montgeron (Pond at Montgeron) c.1876 Oil on canvas, 173 x 194 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg This is one of four decorative panels commissioned by the financier Ernest Hoschedé, amongst the first patrons of the…