Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Alice Hoschedé au jardin (Alice Hoschedé in the Garden) 1881 Oil on canvas, 81 x 65 cm Private collection Monet‘s magnificent depiction of his garden at Vétheuil exemplifies the visual splendor of Impressionism at its height. Monet…
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) La femme à la rose (Woman with a Rose) 1884 Oil on canvas, 72.7 x 60.3 cm Private collection The presence of women in Caillebotte‘s work is rare relative to his contemporaries, such as Edgar Degas and…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Mademoiselle Charlotte Berthier 1883 Oil on canvas, 92.1 x 73 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Berthier, Charlotte (1858-?)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Tilla Durieux (Ottilie Godeffroy, 1880-1971) 1914 Oil on canvas, 92.1 x 73.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In July 1914, just prior to the outbreak of World War I, the famous German actress Tilla Durieux…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Portrait de Madame Stephen Pichon (Portrait of Mme Stephen Pichon) 1895 Oil on canvas, 63 x 54 cm Musée Renoir, Cagnes-sur-Mer See also: • Pichon, Madame Stephen
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Jeune femme à la rose, Colonna Romano (Young Girl with a Rose) c.1913 Oil on canvas, 65.2 x 54.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Colonna-Romano, Gabrielle (1888-1981)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Saskia van Uylenburgh in Arcadian Costume 1635 Oil on canvas, 123.5 x 97.5 cm National Gallery, London Saskia van Uylenburgh, the daughter of a burgomaster of Leeuwarden in Friesland, was 23 years old and had been married to…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Santa Isabel de Portugal c.1635 Oil on canvas, 184 x 98 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Born as princess of Aragon in 1271, the daughter of Peter III “the Great” and grand-daughter of James I “the…
Guercino (1591-1666) Assunzione della Vergine (Assumption of the Virgin) 1st half of the 17th century Oil on canvas, 307 x 332 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Nature morte aux roses (Still Life with Roses) c.1866 Oil on canvas, 74.9 x 55.4 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA