Tag: river

Stag Hunt of Elector Frederick the Wise (1529)

Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Stag Hunt of Elector Frederick the Wise 1529 Oil on lime, 80 × 114 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Among Cranach’s duties as saxon court painter was to preserve important scenes of courtly life in his pictures.…

The Virgin and Child with a Monkey (c.1498)

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) The Virgin and Child with a Monkey c.1498 Engraving, 19.05 x 12.07 Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Albrecht Dürer’s prints are characterized by nearly ethereal transitions from dark to light. From the fineness of the monkey’s wiry fur…

Une laveuse au Quai d’Anjou (c.1860)

Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Une laveuse au Quai d’Anjou (Laundress on the Quai d’Anjou) c.1860 Oil on wood, 28.57 x 19.68 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Through light and shadow, Honoré Daumier empathetically responded to the effects of increasing industrialization in…

La source de la Loue (c.1864)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) La source de la Loue (The Source of the Loue) c.1864 Oil on canvas, 107.31 x 137.47 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Although Gustave Courbet resided in Paris for most of his life, he remained closely connected…

Chemin de halage à Argenteuil (1875-1876)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Chemin de halage à Argenteuil (Towpath at Argenteuil, Winter) 1875–1876 Oil on canvas, 60 x 100.01 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo In 1871, following the end of the Franco-Prussian War, the newly wed Claude Monet moved from…

La Seine à Giverny (1885)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La Seine à Giverny (The Seine at Giverny) 1885 Oil on canvas, 64.8 x 92.7 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence See also: • Giverny (France)

La Tamise à Hampton Court (1874)

Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) La Tamise à Hampton Court (The Thames at Hampton Court) 1874 Oil on canvas, 34.93 × 59.69 cm Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond See also: After a short visit to South Kensington, England, in July 1874, Sisley…