Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Blonde à la rose (Blonde Girl with a Rose) c.1915–1917 Oil on canvas, 64 x 54 cm Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris Renoir painted this portrait of Andrée-Madeleine Heuschling towards the end of his life. She was then aged just…
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) La baigneuse, dite Baigneuse de Valpinçon (The Bather, known as The Valpinçon Bather) 1808 Oil on canvas, 146 x 97.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Body of a woman naked from behind seated on the edge of…
Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Portrait of Margaret Burr, Mrs Thomas Gainsborough early 1770s Private collection See also: • Burr, Margaret (1728-1798)
Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Portrait of Margaret Gainsborough c.1778 Oil on canvas, 76.6 x 63.8 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This intimate portrait may have been painted to celebrate the 50th birthday of Thomas Gainsborough’s wife, Margaret (around 1728-1798). He portrayed her…
Fontana, Lavinia (1552-1614) Ritratto di Gian Paolo Zappi (Portrait of Gian Paolo Zappi) c.1577 Oil on copper, 17 x 14 cm Museo de Zaragoza, Zaragoza Recto: Fontana, Lavinia (1552-1614) Autoritratto c.1577 Museo de Zaragoza, Zaragoza Double portrait of a married couple. See also:…
Desboutin, Marcellin (1823-1902) Portrait d’Édouard Manet (Portrait of Édouard Manet) c.1874 Black chalk on wove paper, 18.4 × 12.4 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris See also: • Manet, Édouard (1832-1883)
Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Le vieux clown, ou Paillasse (The Old Clown) s.d. Watercolor, 17.1 × 10.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The theme of the old clown (or Paillasse), of which several versions are known, takes place in the series of…
Bronzino (1503-1572) Testa di donna inclinata, sorridente, occhi bassi (Woman’s head tilted, smiling, eyes downcast) c.1543 Black chalk on paper, 28.8 × 21.6 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Study for the young woman appearing on the far left of the composition…
Bracquemond, Félix (1833-1914) Portrait de Baudelaire, en buste, de trois quarts à droite (Portrait de Baudelaire, bust, three quarters to the right) s.d. Engraving on paper, 30.5 × 19 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris See also: • Baudelaire, Charles (1821-1867)
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Ritratto d’uomo (Portrait of a man) c.1475 Oil on wood, 32.8 × 25.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris