Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) View of Oudezijds Voorburgwal with the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam c.1670 Oil on panel, 52.3 x 41.4 cm Mauritshuis, The Hague Although Jan van der Heyden went down in history as the inventor of the fire engine…
Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) A View in Cologne c.1660–1665 Oil on oak, 33.1 x 42.9 cm National Gallery, London This is one of at least four versions that Jan van der Heyden made of this scene of Cologne and its half-built…
Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) View of the Westerkerk, Amsterdam probably 1660 Oil on oak, 90.7 x 114.5 cm National Gallery, London This is one of the ultimate seventeenth-century examples of what today we might think of as a high-resolution image.…
Gros, Antoine-Jean (1771-1835) Napoléon sur le champ de Bataille d’Eylau (Napoleon on the battlefield of Eylau) 1808 Oil on canvas, 521 x 784 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Napoléon Bonaparte is shown on the battlefield of Eylau on February 9, 1807, the…
Gros, Antoine-Jean (1771-1835) Bonaparte visitant les pestiférés de Jaffa (Bonaparte visiting the plague victims of Jaffa) 1804 Oil on canvas, 523 x 715 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Napoléon Bonaparte is shown visiting the plague victims of Jaffa (March 11, 1799). Mosque…
Gros, Antoine-Jean (1771-1835) Bonaparte, Premier Consul, après la bataille de Marengo (Bonaparte, First Consul, after the battle of Marengo) 1803 Oil on canvas, 310 x 247 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris On deposit in the Musée national des châteaux de Malmaison…
Nadar (1820-1910) Gioachino Rossini 1856 Gelatin silver print, 22.7 x 16 cm Private collection See also: • Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868)
Nadar (1820-1910) Charles Baudelaire 1865 Photograph Private collection See also: • Baudelaire, Charles (1821-1867)
Nadar (1820-1910) Corot 1855–1859 Platinum print, 21.9 × 16.2 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles See also: • Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875)
Nadar (1820-1910) Alexandre Dumas c.1862 Albumen silver print, 14.6 × 10.6 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles See also: • Dumas, Alexandre (1802-1870)