Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Magdalena penitente (Penitent Magdalene) c.1650–1665 Oil on canvas, 123.2 x 108 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Tradition holds that Saint Mary Magdalene, a close follower of Jesus Christ, retreated to a cave in penitence during…
Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Portrait de l’artiste Alphonse Legros (Portrait of the Artist Alphonse Legros) 1856 Oil on linen, 26.67 x 22.86 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Painted entirely en plein air during an outing in the French countryside, Fantin-Latour depicts…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) La petite servante (Little Servant Girl) c.1916 Oil on canvas, 92.1 x 54 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis The first painting by Modigliani to enter the Institute‘s collection, The Little Servant Girl is typical of the…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Buste de femme en rouge (Female Bust in Red) 1915 Red gouache and black ink wash, 35.56 x 26.19 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis In Paris, where he moved in 1906 from his native Italy, Amedeo…
Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) Sei poeti toscani (Six Tuscan Poets) 1543–1544 Oil on panel, 132.1 x 131.1 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis See also: This group portrait of six distinguished Tuscan poets and writers celebrates the golden age of Italian…
Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) The Barefooted Child c.1896–1897 Drypoint and aquatint, 24.13 x 31.59 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Mary Cassatt broke out of Philadelphia society, moving to Paris to pursue art in a more open environment. She had seen…
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) La Fille de l’artiste, Julie, avec sa nounou (The Artist’s Daughter, Julie, with her Nanny) c.1884 Oil on canvas, 57.15 x 71.12 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Berthe Morisot’s daughter, Julie Manet, watches closely as her…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le fumeur (The Smoker) 1866 Oil on canvas, 100.3 x 81.3 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis This working-class character was one of many ordinary Parisians painted by Manet in the 1860s. A year before making this portrait,…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Tête de jeune femme (Head of a Young Woman) late 19th century Oil on canvas, 41.6 x 32.4 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) L’Enfant au biscuit (Child with a Biscuit) c.1899 Color lithograph, 31.5 x 26.2 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis See also: • Renoir, Jean (1894-1979)