Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Retrato de un hombre, posible autorretrato (Portrait of a Man, Possibly a Self-Portrait) c.1635 Oil on canvas, 68.6 x 55.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The broken, flickering outlines that keep the surface and flesh alive in…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Peasant Woman Cooking by a Fireplace 1885 Oil on canvas, 44.1 x 38.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This work was made in Nuenen in late spring 1885, just after Van Gogh completed The Potato Eaters…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) c.1508 Oil on wood, 45.7 x 55.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Dating to about 1508, this devotional painting is one of Titian’s earliest and shows the artist experimenting with ways to…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Baigneuse dans les bois (Bather in the Woods) 1895 Oil on canvas, 60.3 x 73 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In summer 1893 Pissarro wrote his son Lucien that he was planning a series of canvases of nude…
Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Virgin and Child with Saints Catherine of Alexandria and Barbara early 1480s Oil on wood, 68.3 x 73.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Memling adapted this composition from a large, celebrated altarpiece that he completed in 1479…
Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) The Annunciation 1480–1489 Oil on panel, transferred to canvas, 76.5 x 54.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Memling modeled this Annunciation on the left wing of Rogier van der Weyden’s Saint Columba Altarpiece (now in Munich), but…
Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) The Annunciation c.1465–1470 Oil on wood, 186.1 x 114.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York One of the largest surviving depictions of the Annunciation, this imposing painting was most likely commissioned by Ferry de Clugny, whose family coat…
La Tour, Georges de (1593-1652) La Madeleine aux deux flammes (The Penitent Magdalen with two flames) c.1640 Oil on canvas, 133.4 x 102.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York With its extreme contrasts of candlelight and shadow, pared-down geometry, and meditative…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Sacra Famiglia con san Giovannino (The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist) early 1600s Oil on canvas, 117.5 x 95.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This is the only private devotional painting of the Madonna…
Gentileschi, Orazio (1563-1639) Giovane donna col violino (Young Woman with a Violin) c.1612 Oil on canvas, 83.5 × 97.8 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit This image of a young woman playing the violin has traditionally been interpreted as a personification of…