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L’Art de la Conversation (1955)

Magritte, René (1898-1967) L’Art de la Conversation (The Art of Conversation) 1955 Gouache on paper, 15.9 x 21 cm Private collection Executed in 1955, L’art de la conversation is one of a series of works in which René Magritte pursued his…

Un porticato: paesaggio veneziano (18th century)

Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) Un porticato: paesaggio veneziano (An Arcade: Venetian Landscape) 18th century Oil on canvas, 40 x 31 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Artwork recovered after World War II, retrieved by the Office des Biens et Intérêts Privés (OBIP); to…

Madonna Montalto (c.1600)

Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Madonna Montalto (The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist) c.1600 Oil on copper, 35 x 27.5 cm National Gallery, London Domesticity reigns in this exquisite little picture. A delightfully pretty Virgin Mary balances a squirming,…

Paysage avec saint Matthieu (1640)

Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Paysage avec saint Matthieu (Landscape with Saint Matthew) 1640 Oil on canvas, 99 × 135 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin Companion: Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Paysage avec Saint Jean à Patmos 1640 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago    

Paysage avec Saint Jean à Patmos (1640)

Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Paysage avec Saint Jean à Patmos (Landscape with Saint John on Patmos) 1640 Oil on canvas, 100.3 × 136.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Although French by birth and training, Nicolas Poussin spent most of his career in…

Paysage avec deux châteaux en ruines (1847)

Hugo, Victor (1802-1885) Paysage avec deux châteaux en ruines (Landscape with Two Ruined Castles) 1847 Brush with brown ink and brown wash, over black crayon and graphite, with shellac, on paper, 26.8 x 46.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In…

L’Art de la Conversation (1950)

Magritte, René (1898-1967) L’Art de la Conversation (The Art of Conversation) 1950 Oil on canvas, 81 x 65 cm New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans Compare: Magritte, René (1898-1967) L’Art de la Conversation 1955 Private collection    

Le Soir, Paysage avec aqueduc (1818)

Géricault, Théodore (1791-1824) Le Soir, Paysage avec aqueduc (Evening: Landscape with an Aqueduct) 1818 Oil on canvas, 250.2 x 219.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This work is one of a projected set of four monumental landscapes representing the times…

Il disinganno (c.1575)

Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Allegorie dell’amore: Il disinganno (Four Allegories of Love: Scorn) c.1575 Oil on canvas, 186.6 x 188.5 cm National Gallery, London This is one of a series of four paintings by Veronese that concern the trials and rewards of…