Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) Mountainous Landscape with Herdsmen Resting by a Path c.1595 Oil on copper, 18.6 x 25.2 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Travelers of different backgrounds populate the windy roads of this dramatic mountain view. With atmospheric lighting and…
Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899) Cheval bai cerise (Cherry Bay Horse) c.1890 Oil on canvas, 45.4 x 55.6 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780) Veduta di Pirna in Sassonia (View of Pirna in Saxony) 1763 Oil on canvas, 47 x 76.2 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Compare: Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780) Veduta di Pirna dalla fortezza di Sonnenstein 1750s Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg See also:…
Magritte, René (1898-1967) Les intermittences du coeur (The Fickleness of the Heart) 1950 Oil on canvas, 81.3 x 63.5 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford The Belgian Surrealist Magritte developed a set of symbols that he used in new combinations throughout his career. The…
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Buste de Sarah Bernhardt (Bust of Sarah Bernhardt) 1895 Patinated plaster, height 68.6 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford See also: • Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923)
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Serapio (Saint Serapion) 1628 Oil on canvas, 120.2 x 104 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Curatorial Narrative: Saint Serapion was a monk who gave his life to liberate Christians captured during the thirteenth century in North Africa. The…
Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Port de Brest avec des frégates (Brest Harbour with Frigates) 1872 Oil on canvas, 65.1 x 94.6 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford See also: • Bretagne | Brest (France)
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Vue panoramique de Rouen (Panoramic View of Rouen) c.1829–1833 Oil on canvas, 26.4 x 41.9 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford See also: • Rouen (France)
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Effet coucher de soleil: le rivage à Trouville (Sunset Effect: The Shore at Trouville) c.1866 Oil on canvas, 71.1 x 101.6 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford In the mid-1860s, Courbet visited the fashionable resort of Trouville on the Normandy…
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) Alone with the Tide (Coast of Brittany) 1861 Oil on canvas, 87.3 x 115.6 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford James Abbott McNeill Whistler painted this seascape in Brittany, on the northwest coast of France. He focused on…