Tag: seated

Self-Portrait (c.1844)

Thackeray, William Makepeace (1811-1863) Self-Portrait c.1844 Brown ink, 11.4 x 11.2 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Had Thackeray had his choice, he would have made his living not as an author but as an artist. Early in his career, he…

Madonna col Bambino e l’Arcangelo Gabriele

Signorelli, Luca (c.1445-1523) Madonna col Bambino e l’Arcangelo Gabriele (Virgin and Child with the Archangel Gabriel and an Unidentified Saint) s.d. Oil on wood panel, 88.5 x 56 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton

Self portrait with Saskia (1636)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Self portrait with Saskia 1636 Etching, 10.4 x 9.5 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Rembrandt painted, etched, and drew more than seventy-five self-portraits. A few of these include his first wife, Saskia van Uylenburgh, whom he married in…

Le fils prodigue (1879)

Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le fils prodigue (The Prodigal Son) 1879 Oil on canvas, 59.4 x 71.5 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Compare: Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le fils prodigue c.1879 National Gallery of Art, Washington     Puvis de Chavannes,…

Tête d’homme et nu assis (1964)

Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Tête d’homme et nu assis (Head of a Man and Seated Nude) 1964 Oil on canvas, 65 x 81 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Produced late in Picasso’s career, many years after the Cubist period that defined…

Figura seduta di Pallade Atena (1531-1535)

Parmigianino (1503-1540) Figura seduta di Pallade Atena (Seated Figure of Pallas Athena) 1531–1535 Pen and brown ink on light tan laid paper prepared with salmon wash, 5.8 × 5.8 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton These three fragments represent Parmigianino’s preliminary ideas…

Femme de la Martinique (1889)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Femme de la Martinique (Woman of Martinique) 1889 Painted clay, textile, paper, wooden base, 19.7 × 11.1 × 7 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton This sculpture reveals an array of references to non‑Western cultures that the artist…

Seated Youth (s.d.)

Flinck, Govert (1615-1660) Seated Youth s.d. Black chalk, heightened with white, 39.5 x 26.3 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton