Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899) La foire aux chevaux (The Horse Fair) 1852–1855 Oil on canvas, 244.5 x 506.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This, Bonheur’s best-known painting, shows the horse market held in Paris on the tree-lined Boulevard de l’Hôpital, near…
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Raffaello e la figlia del fornaio (Raphael and the Baker’s Daughter) 1846 Oil on canvas, 35.56 x 27.3 cm Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus Compare: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Raphaël et la Fornarina 1814 Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA…
Gentileschi, Artemisia (1593-c.1653) Betsabea (Bathsheba) c.1636–1637 Oil on canvas, 265.4 x 209.5 cm Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus
De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) William De Morgan 1893 Oil on canvas, 42 x 30.5 cm De Morgan Collection This is the earlier of two portraits of William De Morgan, painted by his wife Evelyn. According to the signature at the top…
De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) The Hourglass 1904–1905 Oil on canvas, 121.2 x 108.2 cm De Morgan Collection Evelyn De Morgan‘s sister Mrs Stirling wrote the following description in 1924: In an ancient chair, inlaid with ivory, a woman is seen seated.…
De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) The Sea Maidens 1885–1886 Oil on canvas, 81.8 x 142.8 cm De Morgan Collection This group of five mermaids is linked to the story of The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Anderson. The little mermaid falls in…
De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) Our Lady of Peace 1907 Oil on canvas, 195.2 x 100.2 cm De Morgan Collection This painting is in response to the Boer war. In Our Lady of Peace we see a Christian knight, who is about…
De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) Daughters of the Mist 1900–1919 Oil on canvas, 119.4 x 101 cm De Morgan Collection These Daughters of the Mist may be connected to Hans Christian Andersen’s story of the Little Mermaid. She kills herself for life,…
De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) The Angel of Death I 1880 Oil on canvas, 93 x 112.8 cm De Morgan Collection The theme of death was an increasingly common theme in Evelyn‘s oeuvre as time went by. The Angel of Death…
Lippi, Filippino (1457-1504) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) c.1483–1484 Tempera, oil, and gold on wood, 81.3 x 59.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The Madonna and Child are shown in a contemporary Florentine palace. Through the window is…