Tag: river

Hunting near Hartenfels Castle (1540)

Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Hunting near Hartenfels Castle 1540 Oil on wood transferred to masonite, 116.8 x 170.2 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland The Protestant rulers of Saxony commissioned this animated hunt scene, set near their residence seen in…

Mauvaises nouvelles, la séparation (1872)

Tissot, James (1836-1902) Mauvaises nouvelles, la séparation (Bad News, The parting) 1872 Oil on canvas, 68.6 x 91.4 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff Compare: Tissot, James (1836-1902) Le Thé 1872 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York     Tissot, James (1836-1902) Une histoire intéressante c.1872…

Le Thé (1872)

Tissot, James (1836-1902) Le Thé (Tea) 1872 Oil on wood, 66 x 47.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York When Tissot moved to London in 1871, he immersed himself in the local scene, with work for Vanity Fair and genre…

Aeneas and the Sibyl in the Underworld (1630s)

Brueghel, Jan the Younger (1601-1678) Aeneas and the Sibyl in the Underworld 1630s Oil on copper, 26.7 x 35.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This infernal image of the 1630s was inspired by the “hell landscapes” of Jan Brueghel…

Inondation à Moret (1879)

Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) Inondation à Moret (Flood at Moret) 1879 Oil on canvas, 54 x 71.8 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York In the 1870s, the Seine and its tributaries, including the Loing, were flooded several times as a consequence of increased…

Notre-Dame de Paris (1940)

Utrillo, Maurice (1883-1955) Notre-Dame de Paris 1940 Oil on canvas, 61 x 50 cm Private collection Compare: Utrillo, Maurice (1883-1955) Notre-Dame 1909 Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris     Utrillo, Maurice (1883-1955) Notre-Dame de Paris 1929 Private collection     Utrillo, Maurice (1883-1955) Notre Dame de…

Notre-Dame, une fin d’après-midi (1902)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Notre-Dame, une fin d’après-midi (A Glimpse of Notre Dame in the Late Afternoon) 1902 Oil on paper mounted on canvas, 72.39 x 54.61 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo A Glimpse of Notre Dame in the Late Afternoon…

Nayades de la Seine (1847)

Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Nayades de la Seine (Naiads of the Seine) 1847 Color lithograph on paper, 19.2 x 24.1 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown