Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) A Woodman Seated on a Bundle of Faggots 1787 Chalk with touches of gouache on buff laid paper, 48.5 × 29.6 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
A Woodman Seated on a Bundle of Faggots (1787)
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Portrait d’un homme en costume (c.1767-1768)
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Portrait d’un homme en costume (Portrait of a Man in Costume) c.1767–1768 Oil on canvas, 80.3 × 64.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Jean-Honoré Fragonard is perhaps best known for his light-hearted, amorous subjects, which seem to embody…
Erasmus of Rotterdam (1526)
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Erasmus of Rotterdam 1526 Engraving in black on ivory laid paper, 25.1 × 19.3 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Albrecht Dürer idolized the learned Dutch humanist Desiderius Erasmus, famously noting in his diary that Erasmus should take over…
Danseuse de ballet (late 1920s)
Derain, André (1880-1954) Danseuse de ballet (Ballet Dancer) late 1920s Oil on canvas, 45.6 × 37 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Après la corrida (1873)
Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Après la corrida (After the Bullfight) 1873 Oil on canvas, 82.5 × 64 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Mary Cassatt chose a quintessentially Spanish subject, executing this composition of a bullfighter, or torero, in full regalia during an…
Gustave Geffroy (1895-1896)
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Gustave Geffroy 1895–1896 Oil on canvas, 117 x 89.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Geffroy, Gustave (1855-1926)
Édouard Manet (c.1867)
Bracquemond, Félix (1833-1914) Édouard Manet c.1867 Etching on ivory laid paper, 15.5 × 11.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago See also: • Manet, Édouard (1832-1883)
Domenico da Gambassi (c.1525-1528)
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Domenico da Gambassi (or Becuccio Bicchieraio) c.1525–1528 Oil on panel, 22.5 × 15.9 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Andrea del Sarto created this portrait to be incorporated, together with the Portrait of Becuccio Bicchieraio’s wife, in the…
Francesco de’ Medici (c.1560)
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Francesco de’ Medici c.1560 Oil on poplar panel, 97.9 × 76.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago See also: • Francesco I de’ Medici (1541-1587)
Sant’Apollonia (c.1455-1460)
Piero della Francesca (c.1416-1492) Sant’Apollonia (Saint Apollonia) c.1455–1460 Tempera on poplar panel, 38.8 x 28 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Attributed to Piero della Francesca. Shown from the knees up, a pale-skinned woman in front of a gold background wears a…