Hugo, Victor (1802-1885) Victor Hugo sur le rocher des Proscrits (Victor Hugo on the Rock of the Proscribed) c.1853 Print on salted paper, 17 x 17 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Victor Hugo arranged the staging, his son did the shooting. (Orsay)
Desboutin, Marcellin (1823-1902) Autoportrait à la pipe (Self-portrait with pipe) c.1895 Drypoint on paper, 114 x 77 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Half-length self-portrait of the artist, turned to the right with a pipe in his mouth. An inverted woman’s head is visible…
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Berthe Morisot dessinant, avec sa fille (Berthe Morisot drawing, with her daughter) 1888 Drypoint on paper, 18.9 x 13.8 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Morisot‘s prints were first printed between 1888–1890. A first reprint as a series by Ernst Rouart…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Self-portrait (F0295-JH1211) 1887 Oil on cardboard, 42 x 34 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam After hearing from his brother Theo about the new colourful French painting, Vincent went to live in Paris in 1886. He soon tried the French…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) El almuerzo (Luncheon) c.1617 Oil on canvas, 108.5 x 102 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Entered the Hermitage between 1763 and 1796; the collection of Catherine the Great. Diego Velazquez, in whose work Spanish painting reached its zenith,…
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Autoportrait à la casquette (Self-Portrait in a Casquette) c.1872 Oil on canvas, 53 x 39.7 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Painted in the early 1870s, at a time when Cézanne was closest of all to the Impressionists, this…
Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Autoritratto (Self-Portrait) s.d. Oil on panel, 43 x 35 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Within Lotto’s oeuvre both religious compositions and portraits occupy significant positions, and the artist introduced notable innovations in the latter genre. Born in Venice, it…