Derain, André (1880-1954) Femme en chemise (Woman in a chemise) 1906 Oil on canvas, 100 x 81 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen Effortless nonchalance and confident mastery. That’s the winning combination which enabled André Derain to create a masterpiece that now…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Femme à la fourrure (Lady in a fur) c.1880 Pastel on canvas, 55.8 × 45.8 cm Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna She looks out of the picture confidently. Her hair is carefully styled, the fur is casually draped over her…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Small Self-Portrait c.1657 Oil on walnut wood, 48 × 40.6 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna In this informal portrait, Rembrandt confronts the viewer in everyday attire – a brown skirt and red woollen shirt. With advancing age, simplicity of appearance and…
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Rebecca al pozzo (Rebecca at the Well) c.1582–1588 Oil on canvas, 145.5 x 282.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Three men, one woman, and three camels gather around the stone ledge of a well in this horizontal landscape…
Parmigianino (1503-1540) Ritratto di uomo (Portrait of a Man) c.1528 Oil on panel, 58 x 46 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma This panel is first documented in connection with the Borghese Collection in 1693, when it was inventoried as a work by Parmigianino.…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) La Rencontre ou Bonjour Monsieur Courbet (The Meeting or Hello M. Courbet) 1854 Oil on canvas, 132.40 x 151 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier Montpellier, painted by the artist for Alfred Bruyas (1821-1877), 1854; gift from Alfred Bruyas to the…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Portrait de Bazille (Portrait of Bazille) 1864 Oil on wood, 40.50 x 31.50 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier Recent research has returned this beautiful painting to Monet, and dated it to 1864 when, staying in Honfleur, Monet and Bazille worked…
Soutine, Chaïm (1893-1943) Le tzigane (The gypsy) 1926 Oil on canvas, 46 x 38 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
Raffaello (1483-1520) and Collaborator Ritratto di giovane (Portrait of a Young Man) c.1518–1519 Oil on panel, 43.8 x 29 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid This portrait was acquired from the Julius Böhler gallery in Berlin in December 1928 as a work by…
Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) Pescador (Fisherman) 1956 Tempera and black crayon on paper, 63 x 48.2 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Diego Rivera created this drawing during the last year of his life. While living on the Pacific coast of Mexico,…