Tag: portrait

Jeune bergère (1885)

Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Jeune bergère (Young Shepherdess) 1885 Oil on canvas mounted on board, 157.48 cm x 72.39 cm San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego

San Romolo (c.1423-1424)

Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) San Romolo (Saint Romulus) c.1423–1424 Egg tempera on wood, 16 x 15.6 cm National Gallery, London We can piece together who this saint is: his mitre (hat) and crosier (crook) identify him as a bishop, and a faint inscription…

Sant’Alessandro (c.1425)

Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) Sant’Alessandro (Saint Alexander) c.1425 Tempera on wood, gold ground, 15.9 x 15.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This early work by Fra Angelico dates about 1425 and formed part of the decoration of the frame of an…

Les Tragiques grecs (1866)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Les Tragiques grecs (The Greek Tragedians) 1866 Oil on canvas, 37 × 44 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts, Angers This painting is a study for The Apotheosis of Homer. Compare: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) L’apothéose d’Homère 1827 Musée…

Cherubini et la Muse de la poésie lyrique (1842)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Le compositeur Cherubini et la Muse de la poésie lyrique (The composer Cherubini and the Muse of lyric poetry) 1842 Oil on canvas, 105 x 94 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Cherubini seated, elbow resting on a…

Luigi Cherubini (1841)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Luigi Cherubini 1841 Oil on canvas, 83.2 x 71.1 cm Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati Compare: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Cherubini et la Muse de la poésie lyrique 1842 Musée du Louvre, Paris     See also: • Cherubini, Luigi (1760-1842)

Femme au bouquet (1921)

Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) Femme au bouquet (Woman with Bouquet) 1921 Graphite and watercolor on wove paper, 35.6 × 25.4 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit

Un homme (1916)

Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Un homme (A Man) 1916 Oil on canvas, 46 × 38.1 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit