Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Paolo et Francesca (Paolo and Francesca) 1814 Oil on canvas, 35 cm x 28 cm Musée Condé, Chantilly Compare: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Francesca da Rimini et Paolo Malatesta 1819 Musée Bonnat-Helleu, Bayonne Ingres, Jean Auguste…
Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) Portia 1886 Oil on canvas, 125.1 x 83.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In Shakespeare’s play The Merchant of Venice, the resourceful heroine Portia disguises herself in lawyer’s robes. Her intention is to outwit the…
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Beata Beatrix c.1864–1870 Oil on canvas, 86.4 x 66 cm Tate Britain, London Compare: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Beata Beatrix 1871–1872 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago See also: • Alighieri, Dante (1265-1321) | Portinari, Beatrice (c.1266-1290) | Siddal, Elizabeth (1829-1862)
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Fair Rosamund 1861 Oil on canvas, 51.9 x 41.7 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff Fair Rosamund (d.c.1176) was the mistress of Henry II. She appears here behind a balustrade in the royal manor of Woodstock. The red…
Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Jane Seymour c.1636–1637 Oil on oak, 65.5 × 47 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna See also: • Jane Seymour, Queen of England (c.1508-1537)
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Cardinal Niccolò Albergati? c.1438 Oil on oak, 34 × 29.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna See also: • Albergati, Niccolò (1373-1443)
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Jockey au casquette rouge (Jockey with Red Cap) c.1866–1868 Oil on paper, mounted to cardboard, mounted to wood panel, 46.2 x 30.6 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) L’Enfant au tablier rouge (Child in a Red Apron) 1886 Oil on canvas, 60 x 49.9 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
Fontana, Lavinia (1552-1614) Autoritratto (Self-portrait) c.1577 Oil on copper, 17 x 14 cm Museo de Zaragoza, Zaragoza Verso: Fontana, Lavinia (1552-1614) Ritratto di Gian Paolo Zappi c.1577 Museo de Zaragoza, Zaragoza Double portrait of a married couple. See also:…
Magritte, René (1898-1967) La boîte de Pandore (Pandora’s box) 1951 Oil on canvas, 45.4 × 54.9 cm Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven