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The Potato Eaters (1885)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) The Potato Eaters (De Aardappeleters) 1885 Oil on canvas, 82 x 114 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam F0082-JH0764 Nuenen, April-May 1885 Van Gogh saw the Potato Eaters as a showpiece, for which he deliberately chose a difficult…

La Musique aux Tuileries (1862)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Musique aux Tuileries (Music in the Tuileries Gardens) 1862 Oil on canvas, 76.2 x 118.1 cm National Gallery, London Portraits included in the painting: Image: The National Gallery, London 1. Édouard Manet (1832-1883) 2. Comte Albert de Balleroy (1828-1872) 3. Champfleury…

Le déjeuner sur l’herbe (1863)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le déjeuner sur l’herbe (Luncheon on the Grass) 1863 Oil on canvas, 207 x 265 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Rejected by the jury of the 1863 Salon, Manet exhibited Le déjeuner sur l’herbe under the title Le Bain…

Naval Battle in the Gulf of Naples (c.1551-1553)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Naval Battle in the Gulf of Naples c.1551–1553 Oil on panel, 42.2 x 71.2 cm Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Roma The extraordinary panel shows the port of Naples, in which a naval battle, probably invented, takes place.…

The Land of Milk and Honey (1567)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Land of Milk and Honey 1567 Oil on oak, 51.5 x 78.3 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich The theme broached here is human wrongdoing that includes idleness and gluttony. It pervades all social classes, as shown…

The Wedding Dance (1566)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Wedding Dance 1566 Oil on panel, 119.4 x 157.5 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit The Wedding Dance is a splendid example of Bruegel‘s fascination with the peasant life of his native land. Public and…

The Preaching of Saint John the Baptist (1566)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Preaching of Saint John the Baptist (De prediking van Johannes de Doper) 1566 Oil on oak, 95 x 160.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest ‘The peasant’: this is the name that has become associated…

Massacre of the Innocents (Upton House)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569), copy after Massacre of the Innocents 17th century Oil on oak panel, 63 x 84.5 x 8 cm Upton House and Gardens, England Compare: Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Massacre of the Innocents 1565–1567 Brukenthal National…

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery (1565)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery 1565 Oil on panel, 24.1 x 34.4 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London Inscription: lower left corner within image: BRVEGEL.M.D.LXV ‘Grisaille’, or painting in shades of grey, was traditionally…