Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le déjeuner (The Luncheon) 1868–1869 Oil on canvas, 231.5 x 151 cm Städel Museum, Frankfurt Art history would probably have taken a different course if the jury of the Paris Salon had not turned down this painting by Monet…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ritratto di un giovane (Portrait of a Young Man) c.1510 Mixed technique on poplar, 20 x 17 x 0.4 cm Städel Museum, Frankfurt This early work by Titian presents such a radically close-up view of the sitter that he has…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Jeune fille lisant (Reading Girl) 1880 Oil on canvas, 57 x 47.5 cm Städel Museum, Frankfurt Renoir, like all Impressionists, was interested in motifs from everyday life. This way he could show his models in private moments: by concentrating…
Scholderer, Otto (1834-1902) The Artist’s Wife on the Ottoman (Luise Scholderer auf der Ottomane) 1873 Oil on canvas, 69 × 82 cm Städel Museum, Frankfurt The artist’s wife is facing sideways towards the viewer and is looking at him in half-profile. Scholderer…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Partie de Croquet (A Game of Croquet) 1873 Oil on canvas, 72 x 106 cm Städel Museum, Frankfurt To the countryside! In 1873, the Frenchman Edouard Manet painted en plein air with its natural light for the…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Ritratto di Simonetta Vespucci (Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci) c.1480–1485 Mixed technique on poplar, 81.3 x 50 cm Städel Museum, Frankfurt Idealised Portrait of a Lady (Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci as Nymph) The fantastical accoutrements in this larger-than-life-size half-length painting…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La fin du déjeuner (After the Luncheon) 1879 Oil on canvas, 101 x 81 cm Städel Museum, Frankfurt In the arbour of a Parisian restaurant, an abundant meal is drawing to a close. The actress Ellen Andrée has taken…
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Lucca Madonna c.1437 Oil on panel, 65.5 × 149.5 cm Städel Museum, Frankfurt No other work by Jan van Eyck conveys a sense of such immediate intimacy between the viewer and the figures depicted as this painting.…
Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) The Geographer (De geograaf) 1669 Oil on canvas, 52 x 45 cm Städel Museum, Frankfurt The geographer has just been measuring distances on a map with his compass; now, he pauses for thought. The globe and the map…
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