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Vétheuil en été (1879)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Vétheuil en été (Vétheuil in Summer) 1879 Oil on canvas, 67.7 x 90.5 cm Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto Compare: Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Vétheuil 1879 National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne     See also: • Vétheuil (France)

Vue de Volterra (1838)

Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Vue de Volterra (View of Volterra) 1838 Oil on canvas, 32.2 x 24.4 cm Timken Museum of Art, San Diego In 1834, on his second trip to Italy, Corot spent a month in the 14th century hill town…

Il ritorno del figliol prodigo (1654-1655)

Guercino (1591-1666) Il ritorno del figliol prodigo (The Return of the Prodigal Son) 1654–1655 Oil on canvas, 155.6 x 146.1 cm Timken Museum of Art, San Diego The parable depicted by Il Guercino (a nickname meaning “squint-eyed”) is the one most…

Cristo en la cruz (1660-1670)

Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Cristo en la cruz (Christ on the Cross) 1660–1670 Oil on canvas, 208.9 x 113 cm Timken Museum of Art, San Diego In this late painting by Bartolomé Estebán Murillo, the luminous figure of Christ appears against…

Effet d’automne à Argenteuil (1873)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Effet d’automne à Argenteuil (Autumn Effect at Argenteuil) 1873 Oil on canvas, 55 x 74.5 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London Claude Monet lived in Argenteuil, a suburb of Paris, from 1871 to 1878. It was an affordable…

Place Lafayette, Rouen (1883)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Place Lafayette, Rouen 1883 Oil on canvas, 46.3 x 55.7 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This is one of 17 paintings produced by Camille Pissarro in 1883, during his first visit to the northern French city of…

Montagne Sainte-Victoire au grand pin (c.1887)

Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Montagne Sainte-Victoire au grand pin (Montagne Sainte-Victoire with Large Pine) c.1887 Oil on canvas, 66.8 x 92.3 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London The Montagne Sainte-Victoire, with its distinctive craggy, broken top, dominates the countryside surrounding Paul Cézanne’s…

La Corniche près de Monaco (1884)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La Corniche près de Monaco (La Corniche near Monaco) 1884 Oil on canvas, 75 x 94 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam In Monet’s time La Corniche was a narrow mountain track; nowadays, it is the main road between Nice and…

Le Bateau-atelier (1876)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le Bateau-atelier (The Studio Boat) 1876 Oil on canvas, 72.7 x 60 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia The figure in the boat is the artist, Claude Monet, who outfitted this floating studio with all his supplies so that he…

La Femme aux bas blancs (1864)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) La Femme aux bas blancs (Woman with White Stockings) 1864 Oil on canvas, 65 x 81 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Traditionally, European painters made the nude subject decorous by presenting it as part of an edifying mythological narrative.…