Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) The Doom Fulfilled 1888 Oil on canvas, 155 x 140.5 cm Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart Study: Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) Perseus and Andromeda 1875 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This picture, like other members of the series, draws upon…
Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Carrière (Quarry) s.d. Oil on canvas, 28.3 x 43.3 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Attributed to Frederic Bazille.
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) San Girolamo penitente (The Penitent Saint Jerome) 1419–1420 Tempera on wood panel, 56.5 x 41.2 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Although some scholars attribute this painting to the Florentine artists Masolino, Masaccio, and Giovanni Toscani, most favor the…
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) San Girolamo penitente (The Penitent Saint Jerome) 1606 Oil on wood panel, 52.7 x 41.6 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton While in the Syrian desert (A.D. 374–379), Jerome was tempted by Satan (the monster in the crevice…
Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) Northeaster 1895; reworked by 1901 Oil on canvas, 87.6 x 127 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York On the Maine coast, a “nor’easter” is a storm of exceptional violence and duration. When Homer first showed this canvas…
Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) Dad’s Coming! 1873 Oil on wood, 22.9 x 34.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A woman holding a baby stands near a young boy who perches in the tipped-up end of a rowboat that has been pulled…
Scott, William Bell (1811-1890) Portrait of Algernon Charles Swinburne 1860 Oil on canvas, 47 3/4 x 31.7 in. Private collection See also: • Swinburne, Algernon Charles (1837-1909)
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
Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Rocky landscape with Hagar and Ishmael c.1788 Oil on canvas, 78.2 x 95 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Francisco en meditación (Saint Francis in Meditation) 1639 Oil on canvas, 162 × 137 cm National Gallery, London In this moving painting, Saint Francis is shown meditating in a landscape. His cowl (or hood) is pulled…