Tag: shadow

Portrait d’homme (1855)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait d’homme (Antonin Proust?) 1855 Oil on canvas, 56 x 47 cm National Gallery, Prague See also: • Proust, Antonin (1832-1905)

Hamlet et sa mère (1849)

Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Hamlet et sa mère (Hamlet and His Mother) 1849 Oil on canvas, 27.3 x 18.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This painting depicts the moment in Shakespeare’s epic tragedy Hamlet in which the protagonist, who has been…

Fenaison à Éragny (1901)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Fenaison à Éragny (Haymaking at Éragny) 1901 Oil on canvas, 53.9 x 64.7 cm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa See also: • Éragny-sur-Epte (France)

Rue de l’Hermitage, Pontoise (1875)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Rue de l’Hermitage, Pontoise 1875 Oil on canvas, 58.4 x 69.9 cm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Compare: Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Rue de l’Hermitage, Pontoise 1873–1875 Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas     See also: • Hermitage | Pontoise (France)

Portrait of a Man (1521)

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Portrait of a Man 1521 Oil on panel, 50 x 36 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This portrait is one of Dürer’s great creations. It offers a three-quarters view of an unidentified person. Dürer places him in front…

Portrait of a Clergyman (1756-1760)

Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Portrait of a Clergyman 1756–1760 Oil on canvas, 77 x 64 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This is an early work by Reynolds. It lacks the verve and brilliance of his later output but is imbued with a…

Apollo e Dafne (1741)

Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Apollo e Dafne (Apollo and Daphne) 1741 Oil on canvas, 96 x 79 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Compare: Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Apollo insegue Dafne c.1755–1760 National Gallery of Art, Washington     See also: • Ovid (43 BC-17/18 AD): The Metamorphoses (English)

Apollo insegue Dafne (c.1755-1760)

Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Apollo insegue Dafne (Apollo Pursuing Daphne) c.1755–1760 Oil on canvas, 68.5 x 87 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Throughout his career Tiepolo painted small pictures of mythological themes, which proved extremely popular. The subjects of these works…