Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Portrait of a Man 1521 Oil on panel, 50 x 36 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This portrait is one of Dürer’s great creations. It offers a three-quarters view of an unidentified person. Dürer places him in front…
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Self-portrait 1498 Oil on panel, 52 x 41 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid In the same year that he published the Apocalipsis cum figuris, Dürer painted himself as a gentleman, dressed in light toned clothes and looking his…
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Apollo insegue Dafne (Apollo Pursuing Daphne) c.1755–1760 Oil on canvas, 68.5 x 87 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Throughout his career Tiepolo painted small pictures of mythological themes, which proved extremely popular. The subjects of these works…
Siqueiros, David Alfaro (1896-1974) Autorretrato (Self-Portrait) 1948 Oil on hardboard, 120.7 x 90.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le travail (Work) c.1863 Oil on canvas, 108.5 x 148 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Compare: Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le repos c.1863 National Gallery of Art, Washington
Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le repos (Rest) c.1863 Oil on canvas, 108.5 x 148 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Compare: Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le travail c.1863 National Gallery of Art, Washington
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) La Tragédie (The Tragedy) 1903 Oil on wood, 105.3 x 69 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Painted entirely in shades of blue, this vertical scene shows a woman, an elderly man, and a young child standing close…
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…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le melon (The Melon) c.1880 Oil on canvas, 46.67 × 56.52 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Compare: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le melon c.1880 National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne