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Le faux miroir (1929)

Magritte, René (1898-1967) Le faux miroir (The False Mirror) 1929 Oil on canvas, 54 x 80.9 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York © 2013 C. Herscovici, Brussels / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York A huge, isolated eye stares out at…

La condition humaine (1933)

Magritte, René (1898-1967) La condition humaine (The Human Condition) 1933 Oil on canvas, 100 x 81 x 1.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Two of Magritte‘s favored themes were the “window painting” and the “painting within a painting.” The Human Condition…

Golconde (1953)

Magritte, René (1898-1967) Golconde (Golconda) 1953 Oil on canvas, 80 × 100.3 cm Menil Collection, Houston See also: • Golconda (India)

Noli me Tangere (1526-1528)

Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Noli me Tangere 1526–1528 Oil on oak panel, 76.7 x 95.8 cm Royal Collection, Hampton Court Palace, London When the diarist John Evelyn saw this painting in Charles II’s Private Lodgings at Whitehall in 1680 he recorded…

La maison aux murs lézardés (1892-1894)

Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) La maison aux murs lézardés (House with Cracked Walls) 1892–1894 Oil on canvas, 80 x 64.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Cézanne often painted abandoned sites near his studio outside Aix, but he depicted this house,…

Ecce Homo (1543)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ecce Homo 1543 Oil on canvas, 242 x 361 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Signature: Referenced bottom center of the note: TITIANVS EQVES CES F. 1543 The scene was rarely depicted in Italy, but is probably explained by the Flemish origin…

Casa de Nazareth (c.1640)

Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Casa de Nazareth (Christ and the Virgin in the House at Nazareth) c.1640 Oil on canvas, 165 x 218.2 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Stories of Christ’s childhood and adolescence became increasingly popular during the Counter-Reformation…

San Francisco rezando (1638-1639)

Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Francisco rezando (Saint Francis in Prayer) c.1638–1639 Oil on canvas, 117.5 x 90.2 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena St. Francis of Assisi, a mystic and poet, was also the founder of the Franciscans, an important mendicant…

La Nymphe surprise (1861)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Nymphe surprise (The Surprised Nymph) 1861 Oil on canvas, 144.5 x 112.5 cm Museo de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires Compare: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Étude pour La nymphe surprise 1861 Private collection     Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Nymphe surprise…