Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Femme assise dans le jardin (Woman Sitting in a Garden) 1876 Oil on canvas, 50 x 65.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg See also: • Argenteuil (France)
Femme assise dans le jardin (1876)
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Pont de Waterloo, effet de brouillard (1903)
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Pont de Waterloo, effet de brouillard (Waterloo Bridge. Effect of Fog) 1903 Oil on canvas, 65.3 x 101 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg This is just one of a series of famous views of London created by…
Portrait de Jeanne Samary en pied (1878)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Portrait de Jeanne Samary en pied (Portrait of Jeanne Samary Standing) 1878 Oil on canvas, 174 x 105 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Jeanne Samary was an actress at the Comedie-Francaise. This portrait of her is perhaps…
La Rêverie (1877)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Rêverie, ou Portrait de l’actrice Jeanne Samary (Daydreaming or Portrait of the Actress Jeanne Samary) 1877 Oil on canvas, 56 x 47 cm Pushkin Museum, Moscow Female images occupy a special place in Renoir‘s work, becoming…
Parable of the Labourers in the Vineyard (1637)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Parable of the Labourers in the Vineyard 1637 Oil on panel, 31 x 42 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Young Woman with Earrings (1657)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Young Woman with Earrings 1657 Oil on panel, 39.5 x 32.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Sacrifice of Isaac (1635)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Sacrifice of Isaac 1635 Oil on canvas, 193 x 132 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg God ordered Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac as a test of his faith (Genesis, 22: 1-13). Abraham set out to carry out the…
Return of the Prodigal Son (c.1668)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Return of the Prodigal Son c.1668 Oil on canvas, 262 x 205 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg At one moment in his youth Rembrandt depicted himself in one of his many self-portraits as a reveller and spoilt child of…
Portrait of an Old Woman (1654)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of an Old Woman 1654 Oil on canvas, 109 x 84 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Portrait of an Old Man in Red (1652-1654)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of an Old Man in Red c.1652–1654 Oil on canvas, 108 x 86 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg In the 1650s Rembrandt turned increasingly to the depiction of aged men and women, seeking to bring out in these…