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Graziella (1896)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Graziella 1896 Oil on canvas, 65.4 × 54 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit

Santa Maria Maddalena (c.1620)

Gentileschi, Artemisia (1593-c.1653) Santa Maria Maddalena (St. Mary Magdalene) c.1620 Oil on canvas, 146.5 x 108 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze Mary Magdalen was a much-loved subject both by painters and the public because she represented the ideal model of the…

Leconte de Lisle (c.1840-1841)

Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) Leconte de Lisle c.1840–1841 Oil on canvas, 117 x 81 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Leconte de Lisle, Charles (1818-1894)

La Maison natale de Millet à Gruchy (c.1863)

Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) La Maison natale de Millet à Gruchy (Millet’s Birthplace at Gruchy) c.1863 Pastel over crayon on paper, 31.2 x 45.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston See also: • Gruchy, Gréville-Hague (France)

Portia (1886)

Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) Portia 1886 Oil on canvas, 125.1 x 83.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In Shakespeare’s play The Merchant of Venice, the resourceful heroine Portia disguises herself in lawyer’s robes. Her intention is to outwit the…

Femme avec un râteau (1856-1857)

Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) Femme avec un râteau (Woman with a Rake) 1856–1857 Oil on canvas, 39.7 x 34.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Millet first treated this subject in a woodcut, one of ten in the series Labors of the…