Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) The Honeysuckle Bower c.1609–1610 Oil on canvas, transferred to wood, 178 x 136.5 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich Rubens returned to Antwerp in 1608 after an eight-year stay in Italy. The following year he married Isabella Brant. This…
Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) A Caricature Group (Sir Charles Turner, Mr. Cook, Mr. John Woodyeare, and Rev. Dr. William Drake) c.1751 Oil on canvas, 62.9 x 48.3 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
Gris, Juan (1887-1927) Homme dans un café (Man in a Café) 1912 Oil on canvas, 127.6 x 88.3 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Juan Gris was the only artist included in the 1912 Salon de la Section d’Or who actually used…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait de Madame Manet sur un canapé bleu (Portrait of Madame Manet on a blue sofa) 1874 Pastel on paper mounted on canvas, 49 x 60 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Collection Madame Manet Collection Ambroise Vollard Collection Edgar…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Femme à l’éventail ou La Maîtresse de Baudelaire (The Woman with a Fan or Baudelaire’s Mistress) 1862 Oil on canvas, 45.5 x 26.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Study: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Maîtresse de Baudelaire c.1862 Kunsthalle…
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Othello et Desdémone (Othello and Desdemona) 1847–1849 Oil on canvas, 50.8 x 62.2 cm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Compare: Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Desdemona maudite par son père c.1852 Brooklyn Museum, New York See also: • Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Famille de saltimbanques (Family of Saltimbanques) 1905 Oil on canvas, 212.8 x 229.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A group of three men, two children, and one woman gather in an empty, dusky rose-pink landscape under a…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Le gourmet 1901 Oil on canvas, 92.8 x 68.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Painted almost entirely in shades of cool blues, a little girl stands at a table holding a bowl and spoon in this vertical…
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Lot and His Daughters (reverse) c.1496–1499 Oil on panel, 52.4 x 42.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington This scene is painted on the reverse side of Dürer‘s Madonna and Child. The story of Lot and his daughters…
Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) Mäda Primavesi 1912–1913 Oil on canvas, 149.9 x 110.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Mäda Primavesi’s expression and posture convey a remarkable degree of confidence for a nine-year-old girl, even one who was, by her own…