Hugo, Victor (1802-1885) Le vieux pont (The Old Bridge) 1866 Pen, ink, wash and watercolor, 31.5 x 49.3 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris From 1834, when he went to the north of France and Belgium – where he returned every year…
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) L’Espérance (Hope) 1842 Oil on canvas, 116.5 × 117 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Circular composition: half-length woman, arms and hands open, white sleeveless tunic under a green drape, face in profile turned to the right. (Louvre)…
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) La Foi (Faith) 1842 Oil on canvas, 120 × 110 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Circular composition. Woman with a 3/4 length, dressed in Greek style, diadem on her head, looking at the chalice, ostia, on her…
Flinck, Govert (1615-1660) Landscape with bridge and ruins 1637 Oil on wood, 49.5 × 75 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris One of the rare landscapes signed by Flinck, and of completely Rembranesque inspiration, undoubtedly through the master’s drawings, but of fundamental…
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Femmes d’Alger dans leur appartement (Women of Algiers in their Apartment) 1834 Oil on canvas, 180 × 229 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Compare: Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Femmes d’Alger dans leur intérieur 1849 Musée Fabre, Montpellier Copies: Fantin-Latour,…
Desboutin, Marcellin (1823-1902) Portrait d’Édouard Manet (Portrait of Édouard Manet) c.1874 Black chalk on wove paper, 18.4 × 12.4 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris See also: • Manet, Édouard (1832-1883)
Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Le vieux clown, ou Paillasse (The Old Clown) s.d. Watercolor, 17.1 × 10.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The theme of the old clown (or Paillasse), of which several versions are known, takes place in the series of…