Tag: reflection

A Farm among Trees (c.1670)

Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) A Farm among Trees c.1670 Oil on oak, 22.1 x 28.8 cm National Gallery, London There is something rather mysterious about this rare – and tiny – landscape by Jan van der Heyden, who specialised in painting…

View of the Westerkerk, Amsterdam (1660)

Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) View of the Westerkerk, Amsterdam probably 1660 Oil on oak, 90.7 x 114.5 cm National Gallery, London This is one of the ultimate seventeenth-century examples of what today we might think of as a high-resolution image.…

Saint John the Baptist (1438)

Campin, Robert (c.1378-1444) Saint John the Baptist and the Franciscan Heinrich von Werl 1438 Oil on oak panel, 101 x 47 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Pair: Campin, Robert (c.1378-1444) Saint Barbara 1438 Museo del Prado, Madrid    

Tigresse et ses petits (c.1884)

Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Tigresse et ses petits (Tiger and Cubs) c.1884 Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 91.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Gérôme attributed the success of his animal paintings to his early studies at the menagerie of the…

Vue de Médinet el-Fayoum (c.1868-1870)

Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Vue de Médinet el-Fayoum (View of Medinet El-Fayoum) c.1868–1870 Oil on wood, 38 x 56 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904) was the most publicly honored and financially successful French artist of the second half of…

Portrait de femme (1851)

Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Portrait de femme (Portrait of a Woman) 1851 Oil on canvas, 92.6 × 73.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

Roses and sunflowers (1886)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Roses and sunflowers 1886 Oil on canvas, 50 x 61 cm Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim Compare: Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Sunflowers 1888 National Gallery, London    

Le petit pont, Pontoise (1875)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Le petit pont, Pontoise (The Little Bridge, Pontoise) 1875 Oil on canvas, 65.5 x 81.5 cm Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim See also: • Pontoise (France)