Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Venere e Cupido (Venus and Cupid) 1520s Oil on canvas, 92.4 x 111.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In his inimitable fashion, in this unique masterpiece Lorenzo Lotto takes one of the most popular subjects of Venetian…
Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923) Portrait funéraire de Jacques Damala (Funerary Portrait of Jacques Damala) c.1889 Marble, 27.9 x 46 x 31.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The great tragic actress, Sarah Bernhardt, was also a gifted sculptor. She carved this…
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) At the Piano 1902, 1908 Oil on canvas, 61.3 x 66.4 cm Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait de Théodore Duret (Portrait of Théodore Duret) 1868 Oil on canvas, 46.5 x 35.5 cm Petit Palais, Paris After the tumultuous exhibition of the Olympia (Paris, Musée d’Orsay) that scandalised the Salon in 1865, Manet left for Spain…
Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Roses 1884 Oil on canvas, 38.4 x 32.9 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis
Gonzalès, Eva (1849-1883) Souliers blancs (White Shoes) 1879–1880 Oil on canvas, 23 x 32 cm Private collection
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) Unconscious Rivals 1893 Oil on panel, 45.1 × 62.9 cm Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) The Roses of Heliogabalus 1888 Oil on canvas, 132.7 × 214.4 cm Private collection
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Santa Rosa de Viterbo (Saint Rosa of Viterbo) c.1650 Oil on canvas, 83.3 x 64.1 cm Worcester Art Museum, Worcester
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) Le voleur du nid de moineaux (The Robber of the Sparrow’s Nest) c.1710 Oil on paper laid on canvas, laid on panel, 22.60 x 18.50 cm Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh Watteau shows a young couple in an idyllic woodland…