Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Voiliers à Argenteuil (Sailboats in Argenteuil) c.1888 Oil on canvas, 65.5 x 55 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Caillebotte was passionate about sailing. From 1879 onwards, he won regattas on the Seine and attracted attention for his luxurious and…
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Raboteurs de parquet (Floor Scrapers) 1875 Oil on canvas, 102 x 147 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris This painting is one of the first representations of urban proletariat. Whereas peasants (Gleaners by Millet) or country workers (Stone Breakers by…
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Portrait de l’artiste (Self-portrait) c.1892 Oil on canvas, 40.5 x 32.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Fontana, Lavinia (1552-1614) Autoritratto alla spinetta (Self-portrait at the spinet) 1577 Oil on canvas, 27 x 23.8 cm Accademia di San Luca, Roma Inscription: LAVINIA VIRGO PROSPERI FONTANAE FILIA EX SPECULO IMMAGINEM ORIS SUI EXPRESSIT ANNO MDLXXVII (Lavinia, virgin, daughter of…
Fontana, Lavinia (1552-1614) Autoritratto allo scrittoio (Self-Portrait in a Studio) 1579 Oil on copper, diam. 15.5 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Fontana, Lavinia (1552-1614) Apparizione di Gesù alla Maddalena (Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene) 1581 Oil on canvas, 80 x 65.5 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Arcimboldo, Giuseppe (1526-1593) Estate (Summer) 1563 Oil on limewood, 67 x 50.8 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscribed on the collar and shoulders: GIVSEPPE ARCIMBOLDO. F. 1563 On the back side: 1563 AESTAS Arcimboldo had been imperial court painter in Vienna and…
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Madonna at the Fountain 1439 Oil on panel, 19 x 12 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp Inscriptions: frame, lower: A XAN/ IOHES DE EYCK ME FECIT + PLEVIT ANO 1439° The Virgin Mary lovingly cradles the…
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) The Goldsmith Jan de Leeuw 1436 Oil on oak, 24.6 x 19.2 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Signature: on the original frame the inscription: IAN DE (image of a lion) OP SANT ORSELEN DACH/DAT CLAER EERST MET OGHEN SACH.…
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Portrait of a Man (Léal Souvenir) 1432 Oil on oak, 33.3 x 18.9 cm National Gallery, London This small portrait is puzzling in many ways. We don‘t know who this man was or why he is holding…