Tag: shadow

Self portrait with Saskia (1636)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Self portrait with Saskia 1636 Etching, 10.4 x 9.5 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Rembrandt painted, etched, and drew more than seventy-five self-portraits. A few of these include his first wife, Saskia van Uylenburgh, whom he married in…

Le fils prodigue (1879)

Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le fils prodigue (The Prodigal Son) 1879 Oil on canvas, 59.4 x 71.5 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Compare: Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le fils prodigue c.1879 National Gallery of Art, Washington     Puvis de Chavannes,…

Coventry Kersey Deighton Patmore (1894)

Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Coventry Kersey Deighton Patmore 1894 Oil on canvas, 91.4 × 61 cm National Portrait Gallery, London Patmore was urged to sit for Sargent in the summer of 1894 by his friend, and fellow author, Edmund Gosse. The…

Photogramme de femme de profil (c.1935)

Maar, Dora (1907-1997) Photogramme de femme de profil (Photogram of woman in profile) c.1935 Gelatin silver print, 28.5 x 22.5 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton By the time Maar created this image, she was one of the most accomplished camera…

Verre, couteau et assiette de fruits (1918)

Gris, Juan (1887-1927) Verre, couteau et assiette de fruits (Tumbler, Knife, and Plate of Fruit) 1918 Graphite, 25.8 x 33.4 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton The Spanish-born painter and draftsman Juan Gris studied mathematics and engineering in Madrid for two…

Mangiatore di pasta, Allegoria del gusto (c.1660)

Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Mangiatore di pasta, Allegoria del gusto (Pasta Eater: Allegory of Taste) c.1660 Oil on canvas, 91.5 x 74 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Compare: Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Mangiatore di pesce c.1660 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna    

Vase de fleurs (1861)

Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Vase de fleurs (Vase of Flowers) 1861 Oil on canvas, 44.4 x 36 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton The painter and critic Jacques-Émile Blanche (1861–1942) compared Fantin-Latour’s studies of the flower—”its grain, its tissue”—to the observation of…

Sudarium held by two angels (1513)

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Sudarium held by two angels 1513 Engraving, 10 x 13.9 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Although Dürer made several celebrated series of Passion engravings, this related image of Christ’s head crowned with thorns is a stand-alone print;…

Chien mort (c.1830)

Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Chien mort (Dead Dog) c.1830 Oil on canvas, 41.5 x 87.5 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton