Gentileschi, Orazio (1563-1639) Il ritrovamento di Mosè (The Finding of Moses) early 1630s Oil on canvas, 257 × 301 cm National Gallery, London In this vast canvas Orazio Gentileschi depicts the Old Testament story of the Finding of Moses (Exodus 2:2-10).…
Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Vêtements sur l’herbe (Clothes on the Grass) 1883 Oil on wood, 16.2 x 24.8 cm Tate Britain, London This is one of a series of small studies in oil on panel for Seurat‘s first large painting ‘Bathing at…
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) London from Greenwich Park exhibited 1809 Oil on canvas, 90.2 x 120 cm Tate Britain, London Like the view from Richmond Hill, that upstream towards the City from Greenwich Park is one of the most prized…
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) London, from Greenwich 1811 Etching and mezzotint, 21.1 x 29.8 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton This panoramic view is based on Joseph Mallord William Turner’s painting London from Greenwich Park (1809; Tate, London). The Queen’s…
Laval, Charles (1861-1894) Paysage (Landscape) 1889–1890 Oil on paper mounted on canvas, 54.8 x 46 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Pont-Aven (France)
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Les chambres du Parlement, les mouettes (The Houses of Parliament, Seagulls) 1903 Oil on canvas, 81 x 92 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Escaping the Franco-Prussian War, Monet moved to London in the fall of 1870 and…
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Daubigny travaillant sur le Botin près d’Auvers-sur-Oise (Daubigny working on his “Botin” near Auvers-sur-Oise) 1860 Oil on canvas, 24.3 x 34 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton This painting is both a lyrical example of Corot’s late landscape…
Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) La Découverte de Moïse (The Finding of Moses) 1651 Oil on canvas, 117 x 178.2 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Coucher de soleil, le Port de Rouen, bateaux à vapeur (Sunset, the Port of Rouen, Steamboats) 1898 Oil on canvas, 65 x 81.1 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff In 1884 Pissarro moved to Eragny, east of Rouen. This composition…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Le Pont Neuf, effet de neige (Pont Neuf, Snow Effect, 2nd series) 1902 Oil on canvas, 54.5 x 65.3 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff Between December 1900 and his death Pissarro lodged intermittently at 28 Place Dauphine on…