Tag: sky

Madonna con Bambino e San Giovanni Battista (c.1490)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) and Workshop Madonna con Bambino e San Giovanni Battista (Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist) c.1490 Tempera and oil on wood, diameter 68 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland The perfectly round form, called…

The Holy Family (c.1805)

Blake, William (1757-1827) The Holy Family (also known as Christ in the Lap of Truth) c.1805 Pen, ink and brush, 37.9 x 32.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Although he rejected institutionalized religion, Blake was intensely spiritual, and much of…

Piazza San Marco, Venezia (c.1740)

Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780) Piazza San Marco, Venezia (Piazza San Marco, Venice) c.1740 Oil on canvas, 136.2 x 232.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland This view of the Piazza San Marco, Venice shows Bellotto‘s devotion to faithful observation. At the left…

Hunting near Hartenfels Castle (1540)

Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Hunting near Hartenfels Castle 1540 Oil on wood transferred to masonite, 116.8 x 170.2 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland The Protestant rulers of Saxony commissioned this animated hunt scene, set near their residence seen in…

Le Soir (1903)

Guillemet, Antoine (1841-1918) Le Soir (The Evening) 1903 Oil on panel, 57 x 90 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris

Moisson (1851)

Daubigny, Charles-François (1817-1878) Moisson (Harvest) 1851 Oil on canvas, 135 x 196 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris

Trois femmes aux ombrelles

Bracquemond, Marie (1840-1916) Trois femmes aux ombrelles, Les trois grâces (Three women with parasols, The Three Graces) s.d. Oil on panel, 141.3 x 89.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris

Le moulin de Sannois (1912)

Utrillo, Maurice (1883-1955) Le moulin de Sannois (The Windmill at Sannois) 1912 Oil on cardboard, 53.7 × 73 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In the spring of 1912 Utrillo was admitted to an institution in Sannois, on the outskirts…