Tag: shadow

Il Bacino di San Marco dalla Piazzetta (c.1735)

Canaletto (1697-1768) Il Bacino di San Marco dalla Piazzetta (The Bacino di San Marco, from the Piazzetta) c.1735 Oil on canvas, 48.8 × 81.8 cm Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto Compare: Canaletto (1697-1768) Bacino di San Marco dalla Piazzetta c.1750 National…

I am half sick of shadows (1915)

Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) ‘I am half sick of shadows,’ said The Lady of Shalott (Alfred, Lord Tennyson, The Lady of Shalott, Part II) 1915 Oil on canvas, 100.3 x 73.7 cm Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto See also: • Tennyson, Alfred (1809-1892)

Vue de Volterra (1838)

Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Vue de Volterra (View of Volterra) 1838 Oil on canvas, 32.2 x 24.4 cm Timken Museum of Art, San Diego In 1834, on his second trip to Italy, Corot spent a month in the 14th century hill town…

Saint Bartholomew (1657)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Saint Bartholomew 1657 Oil on canvas, 122.7 x 99.7 cm Timken Museum of Art, San Diego Rembrandt van Rijn is one of the greatest artists of all time and acclaimed for his compelling representations of the human condition. Known…

San Francisco en meditación (c.1635)

Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Francisco en meditación (Saint Francis in Meditation) c.1635 Oil on canvas, 93.3 x 68.6 cm Timken Museum of Art, San Diego Zurbarán is recognized as one of the greatest Spanish painters of the seventeenth century. He…

Nevermore (1897)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Nevermore 1897 Oil paint on canvas, 60.5 x 116 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London See also: • Tahiti (French Polynesia)