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
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
Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Mosquito Nets 1908 Oil on canvas, 57.2 × 71.8 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La lecture (Reading) c.1892 Oil on canvas, 55 x 65.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) La Liseuse (Young Girl Reading) c.1769 Oil on canvas, 81.1 x 64.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from the lap up, a young woman with pale skin, wearing a goldenrod-yellow dress, sits reading a small book,…