Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Oedipe et le Sphinx (Oedipus and the Sphinx) c.1826 Oil on canvas, 17.5 × 13.7 cm National Gallery, London Oedipus, a figure from Greek mythology, stands nude and in profile before the Sphinx, who guards the…
Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) Madonna col Bambino (The Virgin and Child) c.1480–1490 Tempera on poplar, 88.9 × 57.8 cm National Gallery, London The Christ Child looks up at the Virgin Mary, raising the index finger of his right hand as though he…
Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Autoportrait (Self Portrait) 1860 Oil on canvas, 31.4 × 25.4 cm National Gallery, London On loan from Tate: Bequeathed by Hans Velten 1931. Fantin-Latour painted a number of self portraits in the years 1854–61 which were characterised by…
Duccio di Buoninsegna (c.1255-c.1319) Annunciazione (The Annunciation) c.1307–1311 Egg tempera on wood, 44.5 × 45.8 cm National Gallery, London This panel was the first in a series of scenes of the infancy of Christ on the front of the predella (lowest part)…
Daubigny, Charles-François (1817-1878) Honoré Daumier probably 1870–1876, but possibly 1867–1868 Oil on canvas, 76.2 × 62.9 cm National Gallery, London Portraits by Daubigny are quite rare, as he was primarily a landscape painter who was closely associated with the Barbizon group.…
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Autoportrait (Self Portrait) 1880–1881 Oil on canvas, 34.7 × 27 cm National Gallery, London Cézanne was about 40 years old when he painted this self portrait in his apartment in Paris around 1880–1. This was a significant period in…
Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516) Christ Mocked (The Crowning with Thorns) c.1510 Oil on oak, 73.8 × 59 cm National Gallery, London Christ stares calmly out at us from the heart of this picture, his serenity a vivid contrast to the brutality of…
Verrocchio, Andrea del (1435-1488) Studio di panneggio (Drapery Study of a Standing Figure Facing Right, in Profile) late 1460s-early 1470s Brush and opaque watercolor, on linen, mounted to paper, 28.3 × 18.3 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) Bridge of Sighs 1858 Etching on ivory chine, laid down on ivory wove paper, 17.6 × 12.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago The etching was made as an illustration to Thomas Hood’s poem ‘The Bridge of Sighs’,…
Géricault, Théodore (1791-1824) Tête d’homme guillotiné (Head of a Guillotined Man) 1818–1819 Oil on panel, 48.5 × 29.6 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Théodore Géricault painted this macabre image directly from life. The artist is known to have acquired corpses from…