Gentileschi, Artemisia (1593-c.1653) Betsabea (Bathsheba) c.1636–1637 Oil on canvas, 265.4 x 209.5 cm Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus
Betsabea (c.1636-1637)
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Daughters of the Mist (1900-1919)
De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) Daughters of the Mist 1900–1919 Oil on canvas, 119.4 x 101 cm De Morgan Collection These Daughters of the Mist may be connected to Hans Christian Andersen’s story of the Little Mermaid. She kills herself for life,…
Repas comique, Banquet des affamés (c.1917-1918)
Ensor, James (1860-1949) Repas comique, Banquet des affamés (Comical Repast, Banquet of the Starved) c.1917–1918 Oil on canvas, 115.6 x 145.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The current title of this painting reflects the two names it was given…
La mort de Socrate (1787)
David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825) La mort de Socrate (The Death of Socrates) 1787 Oil on canvas, 129.5 x 196.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In this landmark of Neoclassical painting from the years immediately preceding the French Revolution, David took up…
Meditazione sulla passione (c.1490)
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Meditazione sulla passione (The Meditation on the Passion) c.1490 Oil and tempera on wood, 66.5 × 84.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This remarkable picture is a meditation on death and resurrection. Christ’s dead body is displayed…
Deux femmes au piano (c.1913)
Laurencin, Marie (1883-1956) Deux femmes au piano (Two Women at Piano) c.1913 Oil on canvas, 61.3 x 66.4 cm Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati
Comparison (1892)
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) Comparison 1892 Oil on canvas Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati
Le clown musical (1868)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Le clown musical (The Clown) 1868 Oil on canvas, 193.5 x 130 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Commission Auguste Renoir made this large painting on commission for the owner of the café of Cirque d’Hiver, the winter circus in Paris.…
Fuite en Egypte (s.d.)
Redon, Odilon (1840-1916) Fuite en Egypte (Flight into Egypt) s.d. Oil on canvas, 45.4 x 38 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Le petit-déjeuner à Pont-l’Evêque (1930)
Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Le petit-déjeuner à Pont-l’Evêque (Breakfast in Pont-l’Evêque) 1930 Oil on board laid down on cradled panel, 75.5 x 101.2 cm Private collection The present work depicts a lively breakfast conversation in the home of Jean Laroche. Laroche made…