Moore, Henry (1898-1986) Working Model for Draped Seated Woman: Figure on Steps 1956 Hollow bronze cast, 64.01 × 72.39 × 67.63 cm Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee
Boucher, François (1703-1770) La Toilette de Vénus (The Toilette of Venus) 1751 Oil on canvas, 108.3 x 85.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Boucher executed this painting for Madame de Pompadour, the powerful, official mistress of Louis XV and…
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Fray Miguel Fernández Flores (Friar Miguel Fernández Flores) 1815 Oil on canvas, 100.2 x 84.1 cm Worcester Art Museum, Worcester See also: • Fernández Flores, Miguel (1764-1822)
Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) Frans Post c.1655 Oil on panel, 27.5 x 23 cm Worcester Art Museum, Worcester Hals is best known for the life-like quality he gave to his subjects through innovative composition and spirited brushwork. The subject of this portrait is…
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) La Proposition embarrassante (Embarrasing Proposal) 1715–1716 Oil on canvas, 65 × 84.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Watteau was the first 18th-century French artist to create something totally new in his work, something previously unknown, in despite of the…
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) La Boudeuse (The Capricious Girl) c.1718 Oil on canvas, 42 × 34 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg When Watteau was elected a member of the French Academy of Arts, a term was specially invented to describe the kind of…
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) Acteurs de la Comedie-Francaise (Actors of the Comédie-Française) 1711–1712 Oil on panel, 20 × 25 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Watteau was very fond of the play Les trois cousines (The Three Cousins) by Florent Carton, known as Dancourt,…
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) La Rêveuse (The Dreamer) 1712–1714 Oil on panel, 23.2 × 17 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago The traditional title of this small painting, The Dreamer, derives from an engraving made after it, which was intended for sale to…