Redon, Odilon (1840-1916) Village breton (Breton Village) c.1890 Oil on canvas, 22.5 x 32.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Bretagne (France)
Village breton (c.1890)
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Jupiter enfant nourri par la chèvre Amalthée (c.1639)
Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Jupiter enfant nourri par la chèvre Amalthée (Child Jupiter nursed by the goat Amalthea) c.1639 Oil on canvas, 97 x 133 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
Madonna and Child with Angels (after 1479)
Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Madonna and Child with Angels after 1479 Oil on panel, 57.6 x 46.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In the tradition of his Flemish predecessors, Memling‘s painting contains a wealth of religious meaning; it is filled with symbols…
Saint Veronica (c.1470-1475)
Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Saint Veronica (obverse) c.1470–1475 Oil on panel, 30.3 x 22.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Reverse: Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Chalice of Saint John the Evangelist c.1470–1475 National Gallery of Art, Washington
Madonna della melagrana (1475-1480)
Lorenzo di Credi (c.1459-1537) Madonna della melagrana (Madonna and Child with a Pomegranate) 1475–1480 Oil on poplar panel, 16.5 x 13.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from about the waist up, a woman stands on the far side of a…
Guerrier nu avec une lance (c.1816)
Géricault, Théodore (1791-1824) Guerrier nu avec une lance (Nude Warrior with a Spear) c.1816 Oil on canvas, 93.6 x 75.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington At the age of nineteen, Théodore Gericault entered the Parisian studio of Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, a successful…
Les Patineurs (1889)
Ensor, James (1860-1949) Les Patineurs (The Ice Skaters) 1889 Hand-colored etching and drypoint, 17.8 x 23.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
The Crucifixion with the Converted Centurion (1536)
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) The Crucifixion with the Converted Centurion 1536 Oil on panel, 50.8 x 34.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington An armored man on horseback looks up at the middle of three men hanging on rough-hewn wooden crosses…
The Nymph of the Spring (after 1537)
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) The Nymph of the Spring after 1537 Oil on panel, 48.4 x 72.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington The nymph reclines beside a spring, perhaps a reference to a legendary ancient Roman fountain with which a…
Plage en Normandie (c.1872-1875)
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Plage en Normandie (Beach in Normandy) c.1872–1875 Oil on canvas, 61.3 x 90.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Towering, sheer cliffs loom to our left, over a sunny beach scattered with boats in this horizontal landscape painting. The…