Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Eugène Manet 1874 Oil on paper laid down on board, 63 × 79.5 cm Private collection See also: • Eugène Manet (1833-1892)
Eugène Manet (1874)
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Bindo Altoviti (1549)
Cellini, Benvenuto (1500-1571) Bindo Altoviti 1549 Tin-bronze, 105.5 x 68.5 x 40.5 cm Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston Bindo Altoviti (1491–1557) was a prominent banker and art collector. An opponent of the Medici family, which had ruled Florence for generations, Altoviti…
Madame Cézanne en bleu (1888-1890)
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Madame Cézanne en bleu (Madame Cézanne in Blue) 1888–1890 Oil on canvas, 74.1 × 61 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Paul Cézanne produced more than 40 painted portraits of his wife, Hortense Fiquet, during their roughly three decades…
Portrait de deux fillettes (1890-1892)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Portrait de deux fillettes (Portrait of Two Little Girls) 1890–1892 Oil on canvas, 46.5 x 55 cm Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris Renoir was very fond of representing two young girls enjoying the same pastime together. This was one of…
Giovanni Bellini (1511-1512)
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ritratto del pittore veneziano Giovanni Bellini (Portrait of the Venetian Painter Giovanni Bellini) 1511–1512 Oil on canvas, 80 x 66 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen According to the Italian artist and historiographer Giorgio Vasari’s (1511-1574) biography from 1568, Titian…
Alice (c.1918)
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Alice c.1918 Oil on canvas, 78.5 x 39 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen Modigliani worked almost exclusively with the human figure and is particularly well known for his portraits. When he painted this picture his characteristic style of…
Femme en chemise (1906)
Derain, André (1880-1954) Femme en chemise (Woman in a chemise) 1906 Oil on canvas, 100 x 81 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen Effortless nonchalance and confident mastery. That’s the winning combination which enabled André Derain to create a masterpiece that now…
Retrato de un hombre (1570-1575)
El Greco (1541-1614) Retrato de un hombre (Portrait of a Man) 1570–1575 Oil on canvas, 116 x 98 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen The chalk holder on the armrest, accompanied by a book with white and red bookmarks, suggests that the…
Crouching human couple (1918)
Schiele, Egon (1890-1918) Crouching human couple / The Family (Kauerndes Menschenpaar / Die Familie) 1918 Oil on canvas, 150 × 160.8 cm Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna A man and a woman, both naked, crouch in the darkness of a room. A child…
Femme à la fourrure (c.1880)
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Femme à la fourrure (Lady in a fur) c.1880 Pastel on canvas, 55.8 × 45.8 cm Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna She looks out of the picture confidently. Her hair is carefully styled, the fur is casually draped over her…