Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Madonna in trono col Bambino (Madonna Enthroned with Child) 1510 Oil on wood panel, 131 x 103 cm Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris The composition is highly structured and the various planes create a sense of depth. The Virgin is seated…
Perugino (c.1446-1523) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) c.1470 Oil on wood, 61 x 41 cm Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris The position of the infant Jesus in the work by Perugino is similar to that in the painting by Botticelli. This is explained…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Trois bateaux de pêche (Three Fishing Boats) 1886 Oil on canvas, 73 x 92.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Throughout the life of Claude Monet, the movements of water, the ever-changing light and weather conditions of the sea…
Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) Charles I and his Son in the Studio of Van Dyck 1849 Oil on wood, 15.9 x 11.4 cm Tate Britain, London See also: • Charles I (England) | Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641)
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) The Wedding of St George and Princess Sabra 1857 Watercolour on paper, 36.5 x 36.5 cm Tate Britain, London This work was executed while Rossetti and other artists were decorating the Oxford Union with medievalist murals. In Oxford,…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Portrait d’Olga dans un fauteuil (Olga in an Armchair) spring 1918 Oil on canvas, 130 x 88.8 cm Musée Picasso, Paris Olga Khokhlova in Picasso‘s Montrouge studio, spring 1918. Olga Khokhlova was the first woman Picasso married, in the summer of…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Olga Picasso 1923 Oil on canvas, 130 x 97 cm Private collection See also: • Khokhlova, Olga (1891-1955)
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Portrait of a Man c.1630 Oil on canvas, 105.4 × 83.8 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo The man in this painting remains unidentified, but the painting was made during a period when Anthony van Dyck painted portraits…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Young Man with a Plumed Hat 1631 Oil on wood panel, 81.3 × 66 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo This young man’s flamboyant feathered cap and gold chain did not reflect contemporary 17th-century Dutch fashion. Rather, the theatricality of…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Man in a Fur-Lined Coat c.1655–1660 Oil on canvas, 114.9 × 88.3 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Rembrandt’s reputation as one of the greatest artists of the Western world rests largely on his uncanny ability to convey the psychological…