Tag: river

L’Inondation à Port-Marly (1876)

Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) L’Inondation à Port-Marly (The Flood at Port-Marly) 1876 Oil on canvas, 50 x 61 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection Based in Marly-le-Roi from 1874 to 1877, Sisley executed a group of seven paintings on the flooding…

Houses on the River (1914)

Schiele, Egon (1890-1918) Houses on the River (The Old Town) 1914 Oil on canvas, 100 x 120.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Houses on the River belongs to an extensive group of urban landscapes that Egon Schiele painted during the course of…

Le Louvre, matin, soleil (1901)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Le Louvre, matin, soleil (The Louvre, Morning, Sunlight) 1901 Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 92.7 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis As a young man, Camille Pissarro advised that the best way to advance French art would…

Capriccio con fiume e ponte (c.1745)

Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780) Capriccio con fiume e ponte (Capriccio with a River and Bridge) c.1745 Oil on canvas, 48.5 x 73 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Bernardo Bellotto, Canaletto’s pupil and nephew, was together with his uncle one of the great painters…

Braque Triptych (c.1452)

Van der Weyden, Rogier (c.1399-1464) Braque Triptych c.1452 Oil on wood, 41 x 68 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Closed: Left panel: Saint John the Baptist Central panel: Virgin Mary, Jesus and St John the Evangelist Right panel: St Mary Magdalene…

Moïse sauvé des eaux (c.1638)

Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Moïse sauvé des eaux (Moses saved from the waters) c.1638 Oil on canvas, 94 x 121 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Featuring one of Nicolas Poussin‘s favorite subjects, this painting was very popular in the 17th century. It…

The Four Rivers of Paradise (c.1615)

Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) The Four Rivers of Paradise c.1615 Oil on canvas, 208 × 283 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna According to the conventional interpretation, the four continents are depicted here as female allegoric figures paired with the gods of their…