Tag: portrait

Baigneuse au bord de la mer (1939)

Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Baigneuse au bord de la mer (Bather by the sea) 1939 Gouache on laid paper, 64.1 × 46.4 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Bather by the Sea is readily identified as Dora Maar by the shoulder-length dark hair,…

J. A. M. Whistler

Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) J. A. M. Whistler s.d. Oil on panel, 57.15 x 44.45 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford See also: • Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903)

Gala Éluard (1924)

Ernst, Max (1891-1976) Gala Éluard 1924 Oil on canvas, 81.3 × 65.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This evocative portrait reveals the deeply intertwined personal and artistic lives of members of the Surrealist circle and depicts the movement’s fascination…

Mia madre che lavora (1907)

Boccioni, Umberto (1882-1916) Mia madre che lavora (My Mother Working) 1907 Drypoint printed in black on wove paper, 36.2 × 31 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Boccioni, Cecilia Forlani (?)

Monsignor Francesco Barberini (c.1623)

Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Monsignor Francesco Barberini c.1623 Marble, 80.01 x 65.88 x 25.72 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington This free-standing, white marble sculpture shows the head, shoulders, and upper chest of a balding, bearded man. In this photograph, his body…

Francesco d’Este (c.1460)

Van der Weyden, Rogier (c.1399-1464) Francesco d’Este c.1460 Oil on wood, 31.8 x 22.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The son of Leonello d’Este, ruler of Ferrara, Francesco received his education at the court of Philip the Good, duke of…