Tag: reflection

San Giorgio Maggiore, crépuscule (1908)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) San Giorgio Maggiore, crépuscule (San Giorgio Maggiore, Twilight) 1908 Oil on canvas, 65.2 x 92.4 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff A view of the monastery island of San Giorgio, painted from the south-eastern end of Venice. On the right…

San Giorgio Maggiore (1908)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) San Giorgio Maggiore 1908 Oil on canvas, 59.2 x 81.2 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff Between October and December 1908, Monet and his wife Alice visited Venice, where they stayed on the Grand Canal. This composition depicts the…

Le lapin (1881)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le lapin (The Rabbit) 1881 Oil on canvas, 97.5 x 61 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff

Argenteuil, Bateau (1874)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Argenteuil, Bateau (Argenteuil, Boat) 1874 Oil on canvas, 59.4 x 81.3 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff See also: • Argenteuil (France)

Matinée sur l’Oise, Auvers (1856)

Daubigny, Charles-François (1817-1878) Matinée sur l’Oise, Auvers (Morning on the Oise, Auvers) 1856 Oil on board, 20.8 x 41.9 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff See also: • Auvers-sur-Oise (France)

Una taza de agua y una rosa (c.1630)

Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Una taza de agua y una rosa (A Cup of Water and a Rose) c.1630 Oil on canvas, 21.2 × 30.1 cm National Gallery, London In this small and intimate painting – it only measures around 20 by…

San Francisco en meditación (1635-1639)

Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Francisco en meditación (Saint Francis in Meditation) 1635–1639 Oil on canvas, 152 × 99 cm National Gallery, London This is one of Zurbarán’s most austere and intensely spiritual works. He shows Saint Francis in a moment of…

Madonna col Bambino e due angeli (c.1467-1469)

Verrocchio, Andrea del (1435-1488) Madonna col Bambino e due angeli (The Virgin and Child with Two Angels) c.1467–1469 Tempera on wood, 69.2 × 49.8 cm National Gallery, London The focus of this picture is the loving gaze which passes between the…

Tisaferno e Vafrino (c.1740-1746)

Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Tisaferno e Vafrino (Tisaferno and Vafrino) c.1740–1746 Oil on canvas, 158.8 × 53 cm National Gallery, London Two men in turbans are seated under a tree that provides little shade. One has his back to us; the other, who…