Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Self-Portrait with Straw Hat (Zelfportret met strohoed) 1887 Oil on canvas, 41.8 cm x 31.5 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam F0061v-JH1302 Paris, July-August 1887 It’s lucky for us that Van Gogh was so often unable to afford…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Self-Portrait or Portrait of Theo van Gogh 1887 Oil on cardboard, 19 cm x 14.1 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam Paris, Summer 1887 F0294, JH1209 This painting was long thought to be a self-portrait of Vincent; however,…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Self-Portrait (F 526, JH 1309) 1887 Oil on artist board, mounted to wood panel, 34.9 × 26.7 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit “For want of a better model,” Van Gogh chose to paint his own portrait on…
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) San Francesco in meditazione (Saint Francis in Meditation) c.1606 Oil on canvas, 130 x 90 cm cm Museo Civico Ala Ponzone, Cremona The subject represents a Saint Francis “in desperate meditation on the Crucifix” (Longhi 1943), the penitent saint is…
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