Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Eve c.1533–1537 Oil on panel, 107.5 × 36.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago For most of his long career, Lucas Cranach the Elder was court painter to the Elector of Saxony. Although the general placement of…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) The Crucifixion 1538 Oil on panel, 121.1 × 82.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In this crowded scene, traditional vignettes from the Crucifixion story surround the central figure of Jesus Christ on the cross. Jesus’s…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) La Vallée du Puits Noir (The Valley of Les Puits-Noir) 1868 Oil on canvas, 111.1 × 137.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Le ruisseau du Puits Noir (The Brook of Les Puits-Noir) c.1855 Oil on canvas, 46.5 × 55.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Correggio (c.1489-1534) Madonna col Bambino e San Giovannino (Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist) c.1515 Oil on panel, 64.2 × 50.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Correggio spent most of his brief career in the northern Italian…
Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Tempête en approche (Approaching Storm) 1864 Oil on cradled panel, 36.3 × 57.9 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This painting by Eugène Boudin, a Norman painter and Claude Monet’s teacher, exemplifies the artist’s signature style and subject matter…
Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Lavandières au bord de l’étang (Washerwomen at the Edge of the Pond) c.1880 Oil on panel, 18.4 × 24.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Bord de mer, Port de Honfleur (Seaside, Port of Honfleur) c.1860 Pastel on blue wove paper, 18.5 × 25.9 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Boudin was a native of Honfleur, one of the most picturesque harbor communes in…
Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) La Touques près de Deauville (La Touques near Deauville) 1883 Oil on canvas, 55 × 74.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago See also: • Deauville (France)
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Madonna con Bambino e angelo (Virgin and Child with an Angel) 1475–1485 Tempera on panel, 85.8 × 59.1 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In this humanizing yet idealized depiction of the Virgin Mary embracing the baby Jesus, Sandro…