Boucher, François (1703-1770) La Toilette de Vénus (The Toilette of Venus) 1751 Oil on canvas, 108.3 x 85.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Boucher executed this painting for Madame de Pompadour, the powerful, official mistress of Louis XV and…
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) Acteurs de la Comedie-Francaise (Actors of the Comédie-Française) 1711–1712 Oil on panel, 20 × 25 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Watteau was very fond of the play Les trois cousines (The Three Cousins) by Florent Carton, known as Dancourt,…
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) La Rêveuse (The Dreamer) 1712–1714 Oil on panel, 23.2 × 17 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago The traditional title of this small painting, The Dreamer, derives from an engraving made after it, which was intended for sale to…
Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678) Virgin and Child with Saints Zacharias, Elizabeth and John the Baptist c.1620 Oil on canvas, 114 x 153 cm National Gallery, London We are watching an intimate family moment, apparently unnoticed. Two children are being introduced – they…
Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Mother Combing Her Child’s Hair c.1901 Pastel on gray paper, 64.1 x 80.3 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) La Berceuse, portret van Madame Roulin (La Berceuse, Portrait of Madame Roulin) 1888–1889 Oil on canvas, 92 × 72.5 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo (F 504, JH 1665) She who rocks the cradle In Arles, Van Gogh befriended the…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Madame Roulin 1888 Oil on canvas, 50.5 x 63.5 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Paul Gauguin produced this portrait during a tempestuous two months spent in the company of Vincent van Gogh at Arles in the south…
El Greco (1541-1614) San Pablo (St. Paul) 1598–1600 Oil on canvas, 69.9 x 55.9 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Distinguished by his sword, the Christian apostle Paul holds a folded paper between the tips of his fingers. Its Greek…
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) La Paix (Peace) 1860 Oil on canvas, 85.1 x 107.3 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Two children embrace each other within a pastoral setting in this idyllic view. Adolphe-William Bouguereau, the prominent academic painter, showed “Peace”…
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Fille à la mandoline (Girl with Mandolin) 1860–1865 Oil on canvas, 51.4 x 40.3 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot was nearly 70 years old and at the height of his considerable fame as a…