Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Self-Portrait with Straw Hat (Zelfportret met strohoed) 1887 Oil on cardboard, 40.9 cm x 32.8 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam F0469-JH1310 Paris, August-September 1887 Wearing light summer clothes, the artist examines us with one blue and one green…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat (F 365v, JH 1354) 1887 Oil on canvas, 40.6 x 31.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (obverse: The Potato Peeler) Van Gogh produced more than twenty self-portraits during his Parisian…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Cattura di Cristo (The Taking of Christ) 1602 Oil on canvas, 133.5 x 169.5 cm National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin Throughout history, few artists have caused as radical a change in pictorial perceptions as Caravaggio. From the moment his talent…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) David con la testa di Golia (David with the Head of Goliath) 1606–1607 or 1609–1610 Oil on canvas, 125 x 101 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma This painting was executed in Naples, where Caravaggio was in exile, following his flight from…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Bacchino malato, Autoritratto in veste di Bacco (Sick Bacchus, Self-portrait as Bacchus) c.1595 Oil on canvas, 67 x 53 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma Like the Giovane con canestra di frutta [Young Man with a Basket of Fruit] (inv. 136), this…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Martirio di San Matteo (Martyrdom of Saint Matthew) 1599–1600 Oil on canvas 323 x 342 cm Cappella Contarelli, San Luigi dei Francesi, Roma
Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Autoportrait (Self-Portrait with Detachable Collar) 1865–1867 Oil on canvas, 53.98 x 46.04 cm Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis
Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Réunion de famille (Family Reunion) 1867–1868 Oil on canvas 152 x 230 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Before his early death in battle during the Franco-Prussian war in 1870, Frédéric Bazille was close to Renoir and Monet, particularly admiring their…
Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Autoportrait (Self-portrait) 1865–1866 Oil on canvas, 108.9 x 71.1 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Frédéric Bazille was in his mid-20s when he executed this startlingly direct self-portrait. Depicted against a dark background with only his palette and brushes…