Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) A Young Man at Prayer c.1475 Oil on oak, 39 x 25.4 cm National Gallery, London A pale young man, hands folded in prayer, is engaged in private devotions. The book is presumably a prayer book or a Book…
Sustermans, Justus (1597-1681) Ritratto di Galileo Galilei (Portrait of Galileo Galilei) 1635 Oil on canvas, 56 x 48 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze The portrait of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) is one of Sustermans’ most famous works. It was commissioned by Elia…
Nadar (1820-1910) Victor Hugo sur son lit de mort (Victor Hugo on His Deathbed) 1885 Woodburytype, 18.7 × 24.4 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles Compare: Nadar (1820-1910) Victor Hugo sur son lit de mort 1885 Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo See also:…
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Phryné devant l’aréopage (Phryné before the Areopagus) 1861 Oil on canvas, 80 x 128 cm Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg Compare: Nadar (1820-1910) Femme nue debout 1860–1861 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Famed for his portraits of writers, artists, and…
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Diogène (Diogenes) 1860 Oil on canvas, 74.5 x 101 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore See also: • Athens (Greece) | Diogenes (c.404 BC-c.323 BC)
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Jérusalem (Jerusalem) 1867 Oil on canvas, 82 x 144.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Jerusalem (Israel)
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Vue de Médinet el-Fayoum (View of Medinet El-Fayoum) c.1868–1870 Oil on wood, 38 x 56 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904) was the most publicly honored and financially successful French artist of the second half of…
Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Les amateurs d’estampes (The Engraving Lovers) 1865 Oil on wood, 27 x 36 cm Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La Rue de la Bavole à Honfleur 1864 Oil on canvas, 58 x 63 cm Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim Compare: Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Rue de la Bavole, Honfleur c.1864 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston See also: • Honfleur (France)
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Quai du Pothuis, Pontoise (The Little Bridge, Pontoise) 1868 Oil on canvas, 52 x 81 cm Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim See also: • Pontoise (France)