Tag: reflection

Approach to Venice (1844)

Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Approach to Venice 1844 Oil on canvas, 62 x 94 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington When Approach to Venice was first exhibited in 1844, Joseph Mallord William Turner quoted Lord Byron in the catalog…

Aux courses (c.1875)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Aux courses (At the Races) c.1875 Oil on wood, 12.6 x 21.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington We find ourselves on an emerald-green, grassy racetrack as a dusty cluster of horses and their jockeys bear directly…

Nature morte au melon et aux pêches (c.1866)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Nature morte au melon et aux pêches (Still Life with Melon and Peaches) c.1866 Oil on canvas, 68.3 x 91 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A white rose, grapes and other fruit, a squat gourd, a…

Eleonora di Toledo e il figlio Francesco (c.1549)

Bronzino (1503-1572) Eleonora di Toledo e il figlio Francesco (Eleanor of Toledo and her son Francesco) c.1549 Oil on panel, 114 x 95 cm Museo Nazionale di Palazzo Reale, Pisa See also: • Eleonora di Toledo (1522-1562) | Francesco I de’ Medici…

Île aux Orties près de Vernon (1897)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Île aux Orties près de Vernon (Île aux Orties near Vernon) 1897 Oil on canvas, 73.3 x 92.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The Île aux Orties (Island of Nettles) is situated not far from…

La Seine à Lavacourt (1880)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La Seine à Lavacourt (The Seine at Lavacourt) 1880 Oil on canvas, 98.425 x 149.225 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas This painting was based on sketches made outdoors and then probably executed within the studio. Monet painted…