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Virgin and Child with a Bunch of Grapes (c.1509-1510)

Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Virgin and Child with a Bunch of Grapes c.1509–1510 Oil on panel, 71.5 x 44.2 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Together with Albrecht Dürer, Lucas Cranach the Elder was one of the leading figures in the 16th-century…

The Nymph at the Fountain (1530-1534)

Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) The Nymph at the Fountain c.1530–1534 Oil on panel, 75 x 120 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Together with Albrecht Dürer, Lucas Cranach was among the most important 16th-century German painters. His oeuvre includes religious compositions as…

La maison grise (1917)

Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) La maison grise (The Grey House) 1917 Oil on canvas, 68 x 74 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The Grey House is one of a series of canvases painted by Chagall in his native city, Vitebsk, during the First…

La Madone du village (1938-1942)

Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) La Madone du village (The Madonna of the Village) 1938–1942 Oil on canvas, 102.5 x 98 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid During the years of the Jewish holocaust, Chagall painted numerous religious scenes taken from the Christian tradition. He…

Canal Grande da San Vio, Venezia (1723-1724)

Canaletto (1697-1768) Canal Grande da San Vio, Venezia (The Grand Canal from San Vio, Venice) 1723–1724 Oil on canvas, 140.5 x 204.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Canaletto is undoubtedly the most outstanding of the 18th-century Venetian view painters. View paintings or…

Venise, le Grand Canal (1895)

Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Venise, le Grand Canal (Venice, The Grand Canal) 1895 Oil on panel, 26 x 35.2 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection “I regret I no longer have the years of youth needed to create a beautiful series…

Les enfants du pêcheur (1867)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Les enfants du pêcheur (The Fisherman’s Children) 1867 Oil on canvas, 54 x 65 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The special appeal of this rather small canvas is threefold: It combines a calm beach at low tide with an…

Le dégel à Vétheuil (1880)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le dégel à Vétheuil (The Thaw at Vétheuil) 1880 Oil on canvas, 60 x 100 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The Thaw at Vétheuil forms part of the series of canvases painted by Claude Monet at the time when…

L’Amazone (c.1882)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) L’Amazone (The Horsewoman) c.1882 Oil on canvas, 73 x 52 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid First Manet then the Impressionists followed the road paved by Courbet in representing reality in painting and went even further by initiating new research…