Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Femme cousant (Woman Sewing) c.1879 Oil on canvas, 65.405 x 54.61 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo One of the few female painters associated with Impressionism, Berthe Morisot created a niche for herself with instinctive paintings of domestic…
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) Jane Avril quittant le Moulin Rouge (Jane Avril leaving the Moulin Rouge) 1893 Essence on board, 85.7 x 69.9 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was fascinated with a rapidly changing Paris as well as those…
Goya, Francisco (1746-1828) Francisco Cabarrús 1788 Oil on canvas, 210 x 127 cm Banco de España, Madrid See also: • Cabarrús, François (1752-1810)
Tissot, James (1836-1902) La Convalescente (The Convalescent) 1872 Oil on wood, 37.5 x 45.7 cm Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Vocazione di San Matteo (The Calling of St Matthew) 1599–1600 Oil on canvas 322 x 340 cm Cappella Contarelli, San Luigi dei Francesi, Roma
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Bacco (Bacchus) c.1598 Oil on canvas, 95 x 85 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze This painting is part of the author’s early series of half-length portraits painted ‘in chiaro’, which includes works such as the ‘Fruttaiolo’ (Boy with a…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Riposo durante la Fuga in Egitto (Rest on the Flight into Egypt) 1597 Oil on canvas, 135.5 x 166.5 cm Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Roma The “Rest” is a masterpiece of extraordinary beauty and exceptional communicative immediacy by the young…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Maddalena penitente (Penitent Magdalene) 1597 Oil on canvas, 122.5 x 98.5 cm Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Roma Portrayed in an unadorned environment and sitting on a low chair, as if crushed by the shot from above, with a single ray…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Suonatore di liuto (Lute Player) c.1595–1596 Oil on canvas, 100 x 126.5 cm Private collection Compare: Caravaggio (1571-1610) Suonatore di liuto c.1595 Badminton House, England Caravaggio (1571-1610) Suonatore di liuto 1595–1596 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Fontana, Lavinia (1552-1614) Ritratto di Costanza Alidosi (Portrait of Costanza Alidosi) c.1595 Oil on canvas 157.48 x 119.39 cm National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington Lavinia Fontana depicted the Bolognese noblewoman Costanza Alidosi seated in a sparsely, yet…