Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Jeune femme tressant ses cheveux (Young Woman Braiding Her Hair) 1876 Oil on canvas, 55.5 x 46 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A young woman with peachy skin shaded with ice blue and pale, mint green…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Jeune femme espagnole avec guitare (Young Spanish Woman with Guitar) 1898 Oil on canvas, 55.6 x 65.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A young woman with pale, peachy skin and flushed cheeks sits facing our right…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Nu (Nude) c.1895 Oil on canvas, 84.3 x 67.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Maternité (Maternity: Madame Renoir and Son) c.1916 Terra cotta, 51.1 x 24.8 x 32.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Renoir‘s wife Aline had always been among his favorite models. Her fresh, full face and figure appeared…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Tête d’une jeune fille (Head of a Young Girl) c.1890 Oil on canvas, 42.6 x 33.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Fille avec un panier de poisson (Girl with a Basket of Fish) c.1889 Oil on canvas, 130.7 x 41.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Nu assis (Seated Nude) 1913 Oil on canvas Private collection
Rembrandt (1606-1669) A Woman bathing in a Stream (Hendrickje Stoffels?) 1654 Oil on oak, 61.8 x 47 cm National Gallery, London Rembrandt’s painting, unique for him in its tender intimacy, shows a young woman almost up to her knees in…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Bathsheba at Her Bath 1654 Oil on canvas, 142 x 142 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Subject taken from the Bible (II Book of Samuel, the importance of the letter delivered to Bathsheba, the strong point of an…
Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711) Abraham receiving the three angels of the Lord c.1680–1685 Oil on canvas, 120 x 164 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Episode taken from the Bible (Genesis, XVIII, 6-15). In the background, Sarah, Abraham’s old wife, who will…