Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) María Teresa de Borbón y Vallabriga 1783 Oil on canvas, 134.5 x 117.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A young girl with pale skin, rosy cheeks, and blond hair stands facing us in front of a…
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Don Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zúñiga 1787–1788 Oil on canvas, 127 x 101.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Outfitted in a splendid red costume, the son of the count and countess of Altamira is shown between…
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Dans un café (In a Café) 1880 Oil on canvas, 153 x 114 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen Caillebotte presented this café scene, typical of modern life, at the fifth Impressionist Exhibition. A life-sized male figure dominates the…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Femme au perroquet (Woman with a Parrot, Young Lady in 1866) 1866 Oil on canvas, 185.1 x 128.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Manet’s model, Victorine Meurent, had recently posed as the brazen nudes in…
Fontana, Lavinia (1552-1614) Ritratto di Ginevra Aldrovandi Hercolani (Portrait of Ginevra Aldrovandi Hercolani) c.1595 Oil on canvas, 114.62 x 94.62 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore Ginevra Aldrovandi’s husband, the Bolognese senator Ercole Hercolani, died in 1593. Her elaborate mourning costume-with costly…
Fontana, Lavinia (1552-1614) Ritratto di ragazza (Portrait of a Girl) 1580–1583 Oil on metal, diameter 10 cm Private collection
Fontana, Lavinia (1552-1614) Ritratto di famiglia (Family Portrait) 1598–1600 Oil on canvas, 105 x 85 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano
Lavinia Fontana (1552-1614) Ritratto di nobildonna (Portrait of a Noblewoman) c.1580 Oil on canvas, 114.3 x 88.9 cm National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington Marriage Portrait of a Bolognese Noblewoman (Livia de’ Medici Bandini?) illustrates Lavinia Fontana’s ability to…
Arcimboldo, Giuseppe (1526-1593) Il Giurista (The Lawyer, possibly Ulrich Zasius) 1566 Oil on canvas, 64 x 51 cm Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
Arcimboldo, Giuseppe (1526-1593) Il Bibliotecario (The Librarian) 1562 Oil on canvas, 98 x 71 cm Skoklosters Slott, Sweden