Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Gabrielle c.1890 Pastel on paper, 55.4 x 46.3 cm Private collection Portraiture was the dominant form of Renoir’s oeuvre during the first few of decades of his career. In the 1860s and 1870s he accepted numerous paid commissions…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette (Kop van een skelet met brandende sigaret) 1886 Oil on canvas, 32.3 x 24.8 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam F0212-JH0999 This skeleton with a burning cigarette is a student-like joke. Van…
Ensor, James (1860-1949) Ensor au chevalet (Ensor at his Easel) 1886? Oil on canvas, 58.5 × 40.5 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ritratto di un uomo in armatura (Portrait of a Man in Armour) c.1530 Oil on canvas, 85.2 x 68.3 cm Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Le repas frugal (The Frugal Repast) 1904 Etching, 46.7 x 36 cm Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of a Man Holding a Black Hat c.1637 Oil on panel, 79.5 x 69.4 cm Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) Étude pour Dans le salon de la rue des Moulins (Study for In the Salon on the Rue des Moulins) 1894 Oil on canvas, 60.8 x 40.3 cm Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) Portrait de Jeanne Wenz (Portrait of Jeanne Wenz) 1886 Oil on canvas, 80.7 × 59.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec painted this portrait when he was only 22 years old and still an art…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Head of a Young Man with Clasped Hands, Study of the Figure of the Christ c.1648–1652 Oil on oak panel, 25.5 x 20.1 cm Louvre, Abu Dhabi This work is part of the group of Figures of Christ, alongside six…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Bohémien (The Bohemian) 1861–1862, date of rework: 1867 Oil on canvas, 90.5 x 55.3 x 2.5 cm Louvre, Abu Dhabi The pose of this young man with a bent wrist recalls Renaissance painting and endows the work with…