Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Automne sur la Seine, Argenteuil (Autumn on the Seine, Argenteuil) 1873 Oil on canvas, 54.2 x 73.3 cm High Museum of Art, Atlanta Claude Monet painted this view of the Seine near the town of Argenteuil, northwest of Paris,…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Portrait de Bazille (Portrait of Bazille) 1864 Oil on wood, 40.50 x 31.50 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier Recent research has returned this beautiful painting to Monet, and dated it to 1864 when, staying in Honfleur, Monet and Bazille worked…
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16 October 1834 1835 Oil on canvas, 92 x 123.2 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Fire consumed London’s famous Houses of Parliament on the night of…
Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Étude pour “Une baignade à Asnières” (Study for “Bathers at Asnières”) c.1883–1884 Oil on wood panel, 32 x 41 x 5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Seurat’s approach to painting differed greatly from the Impressionist painters who…
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Avignon vue de Villeneuve-lès-Avignon (Avignon from the West) 1836 Oil on canvas, 34 × 73.2 cm National Gallery, London Corot visited the medieval city of Avignon in the south of France several times. This panoramic view of the city…
Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) Le Pont de Sèvres (Sèvres Bridge) 1877 Oil on canvas, 38.1 x 46.4 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia One of two paintings by the impressionist artist Alfred Sisley in the Barnes collection, this image depicts the bridge that spans…
Van der Weyden, Rogier (c.1399-1464) St. Catherine c.1430–1432 or c.1451 Oil on oak panel, 18.5 x 11.8 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Right wing of a diptych. Left wing: Van der Weyden, Rogier (c.1399-1464) Madonna and Child c.1430–1432 or c.1451 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna…
Ruskin, John (1819-1900) View of S. Anastasia at Verona, across the Adige s.d. Watercolor, pencil and brush, 14.8 x 22.5 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam See also: • Verona (Italia)
Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910) The Terrace, Berne 1875 Watercolor and brush on paper, 35.5 x 44.3 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Inscription: ‘Berne, from terrace of hotel where we first stayed on our wedding journey’ See also: • Bern (Switzerland)
Lippi, Filippo (1406-1469) Visione di Sant’Agostino (Vision of St Augustine) c.1460 Tempera on panel, 28 x 51.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Originally part of an altar, this work takes its subject from a description of the life of St Augustine,…