Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Las Meninas, o La familia de Felipe IV (Las meninas or The Family of Philip IV) 1656 Oil on canvas, 320.5 x 281.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This is one of Velázquez‘s largest paintings and among…
Las Meninas (1656)
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Ragazzo che monda un frutto (c.1592-1593)
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Ragazzo che monda un frutto (Boy peeling a fruit) c.1592–1593 Oil on canvas, 63 x 53 cm Royal Collection, Hampton Court Palace, London Caravaggio was probably the most influential painter of the early seventeenth century. This may be his…
Juliette Courbet (1873-1874)
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Juliette Courbet 1873–1874 Oil on canvas, 81 x 65.5 cm Museu de Arte de São Paulo, São Paulo Juliette, the youngest of the artist’s three sisters, was to become the faithful conservator of his studio. The work…
Portrait de Zélie Courbet (1847)
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Portrait de Zélie Courbet (Portrait of Zélie Courbet) 1847 Oil on canvas, 57 x 47.5 cm Museu de Arte de São Paulo, São Paulo The model in the painting Portrait of Zélie Coubert is Courbet’s sister, Zélie (1828-1875).…
Portrait de Juliette Courbet (1844)
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Portrait de Juliette Courbet (Portrait of Juliette Courbet) 1844 Oil on canvas, 77.5 x 62 cm Petit Palais, Paris See also: • Courbet, Juliette (1831-1915)
Agostina (1866)
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Agostina 1866 Oil on canvas, 132.4 x 97.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington This model was likely an immigrant from the rural region near Rome. Corot dressed her in traditional costume and placed her in an Italian…
Napoléon Bonaparte, Premier Consul (1804)
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Napoléon Bonaparte, Premier Consul (Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul) 1804 Oil on canvas, 227 x 147 cm Grand Curtius, Liège See also: • Napoleon I
Doña Isabel de Porcel (before 1805)
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Doña Isabel de Porcel before 1805 Oil on canvas, 82 x 54.6 cm National Gallery, London A woman sits or stands, the top half of her body swung to our left, as she turns towards someone or something outside…
Doña Teresa Sureda (c.1803-1804)
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Doña Teresa Sureda (Thérèse Louise de Sureda) c.1803–1804 Oil on canvas, 119.7 x 79.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Sureda, Teresa
Bartolomé Sureda y Miserol (c.1803-1804)
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Bartolomé Sureda y Miserol c.1803–1804 Oil on canvas, 119.7 x 79.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from the knees up, a cleanshaven, young man with pale, peachy skin leans on his right elbow, to our left,…