Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Autoportrait (Self-Portrait, Aged 21) 1889 Oil on canvas, 22.2 x 17.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Autoportrait (1889)
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Théodore Duret (1912)
Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Théodore Duret 1912 Oil on cardboard on wood, 95.2 x 74.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington We look slightly down onto a balding, bearded man with pale, peachy skin and wearing a three-piece suit, seated in a…
Vuillard au col blanc (1888)
Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Vuillard au col blanc (Self-portrait with White Collar) 1888 Oil on canvas, 39.5 x 31 cm Private collection This beautiful 1888 self-portrait of Edouard Vuillard is a prescient expression of the Nabi painter’s intimist talent that would…
Le Bain (1910)
Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Le Bain (Two mothers and their children in a boat) 1910 Oil on canvas, 99 x 129 cm Petit Palais, Paris Two mothers and their children in a boat, a large canvas demonstrating Mary Cassatt’s allegiance to the Impressionist…
Jeune fille en décolleté, la fleur aux cheveux (1893)
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Jeune fille en décolleté, la fleur aux cheveux (Young girl in a low cut dress with a flower in her hair) 1893 Oil on canvas, 70 x 51.5 cm Petit Palais, Paris Berthe Morisot was the only female…
La mort de Sénèque (1773)
David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825) La mort de Sénèque (The Death of Seneca) 1773 Oil on canvas, 123 x 160 cm Petit Palais, Paris The Roman philosopher Seneca was accused of taking part in a conspiracy against Nero, and was ordered to commit suicide.…
Jérôme de La Lande (c.1769)
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Jérôme de La Lande c.1769 Oil on canvas, 72 x 59.5 cm Petit Palais, Paris This work executed circa 1769 by Fragonard, then at the peak of his art, is perhaps part of his famous series of fantastical portraits,…
Self-portrait in Oriental Costume (1631)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Self-portrait in Oriental Costume 1631 Oil on panel, 63 x 56 cm Petit Palais, Paris Rembrandt has left us more self-portraits than any other artist in the world, around eighty (around forty paintings, nearly thirty engravings and seven drawings), not…
Le Massacre des Innocents (1626-1627)
Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Le Massacre des Innocents (The Massacre of the Innocents) 1626–1627 Oil on canvas, 97 x 131.7 cm Petit Palais, Paris The Gospel of St. Matthew tells the story of the Massacre of the Innocents. King Herod ordered the…
Diana Resting (c.1640-1650)
Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678) Diana Resting c.1640–1650 Oil on canvas, 123 x 159 cm Petit Palais, Paris Cézanne, who once said, “It is grotesque to imagine that we grow like a fungus, when we have all the generations behind us. Why not…