Tag: reflection

Amor sacro e amor profano (1515-1516)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Amor sacro e amor profano (Sacred and Profane Love) 1515–1516 Oil on canvas, 118 x 278 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma This work was probably sold to Scipione Borghese in 1608 by Cardinal Paolo Emilio Sfondrati. A veritable interpretative enigma, critics…

Majas al balcón (c.1808-1812)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Majas al balcón (Majas on a Balcony) c.1808–1812 Oil on canvas, 162 x 107 cm Private collection, Switzerland Compare: Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Majas al balcón c.1800–1810 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York    

Doña Teresa Sureda (c.1803-1804)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Doña Teresa Sureda (Thérèse Louise de Sureda) c.1803–1804 Oil on canvas, 119.7 x 79.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Sureda, Teresa

La familia de Carlos IV (1800)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) La familia de Carlos IV (The Family of Carlos IV) 1800 Oil on canvas, 280 x 336 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This portrait of the family of King Carlos IV (1748-1819) was painted in Aranjuez and Madrid…

La maja vestida (1800-1807)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) La maja vestida (The Clothed Maja) 1800–1807 Oil on canvas, 94.7 x 188 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid An unidentified lady wearing delicate transparent clothing and a yellow jacket with black decorations lies on a green velvet divan…

La maja desnuda (1795-1800)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) La maja desnuda (The Naked Maja) 1795–1800 Oil on canvas, 97.3 x 190.6 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid An image of Venus in the nude, lying on a green velvet divan with pillows and a spread. Legend…

La Condesa de Chinchón (1800)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) La Condesa de Chinchón (The Countess of Chinchón) 1800 Oil on canvas, 216 x 144 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid María Teresa de Bourbon y Vallabriga, Marchioness of Boadilla del Monte and Countess of Chichón, was the daughter…

Périssoires (1878)

Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Périssoires (Canoes) 1878 Oil on canvas, 155.5 x 108.5 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rennes The training of Caillebotte, a student of Bonnat, seemed so short to the critic Émile Porcheron that he accused him of “tortizing perspective”. But…

Partie de bateau (c.1877-1878)

Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Partie de bateau, dit Canotier au chapeau haut de forme (Boating Party, or Canotier with the top hat) c.1877–1878 Oil on canvas, 89.5 x 116.7 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris « Partie de bateau » or « Canotier au…