Van der Weyden, Rogier (c.1399-1464) The Magdalen Reading c.1435 Oil on mahogany, transferred from another panel, 62.2 × 54.4 cm National Gallery, London A young lady in an extravagant green dress sits on the floor, reading. Although she wears fifteenth-century clothing…
Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna Ansidei (Ansidei Madonna: The Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Nicholas of Bari) 1505 Oil on poplar, 216.8 × 147.6 cm National Gallery, London This is the main panel of the Ansidei Altarpiece that the…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Jeune femme lisant (A Young Woman Reading) c.1866–1868 Oil on canvas, 60 x 72.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Madonna che legge (The Virgin Reading) c.1505 Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 78 x 51 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Carpaccio reimagined the Madonna and Child theme when he made this painting. Instead of wearing a traditional…
Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Garçon lisant le journal (Reading the Newspaper) 1893 Essence on board, 26.7 x 26.7 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford This boy gently leaning over a newspaper is a typical subject for Vuillard, who specialized in depicting middle class people engaged…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Grande liseuse (Woman Reading) c.1922 Lithograph, 53.3 x 38.7 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) Comparison 1892 Oil on canvas Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) The Convalescent 1896 Black ink on paper, 62.8 42.5 cm Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Lecteur (The Reader) 1861 Oil on canvas, 99.7 x 81.3 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Edouard Manet represented his elderly friend, the painter Joseph Gall, absorbed in reading a large book. The ledge in the…
Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Les deux soeurs (The Two Sisters) 1859 Oil on canvas, 98.4 x 130.5 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis