Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) The Stone Bridge c.1660–1672 Oil on panel, 37 x 44.5 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam This work depicts an imaginary canal. While it is clearly inspired by Amsterdam models, Jan van der Heyden gave it his own twist.…
Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) A View in Cologne c.1660–1665 Oil on oak, 33.1 x 42.9 cm National Gallery, London This is one of at least four versions that Jan van der Heyden made of this scene of Cologne and its half-built…
Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) A Farm among Trees c.1670 Oil on oak, 22.1 x 28.8 cm National Gallery, London There is something rather mysterious about this rare – and tiny – landscape by Jan van der Heyden, who specialised in painting…
Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) View of the Westerkerk, Amsterdam probably 1660 Oil on oak, 90.7 x 114.5 cm National Gallery, London This is one of the ultimate seventeenth-century examples of what today we might think of as a high-resolution image.…
Gros, Antoine-Jean (1771-1835) Bonaparte visitant les pestiférés de Jaffa (Bonaparte visiting the plague victims of Jaffa) 1804 Oil on canvas, 523 x 715 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Napoléon Bonaparte is shown visiting the plague victims of Jaffa (March 11, 1799). Mosque…
Gros, Antoine-Jean (1771-1835) Bonaparte, Premier Consul, après la bataille de Marengo (Bonaparte, First Consul, after the battle of Marengo) 1803 Oil on canvas, 310 x 247 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris On deposit in the Musée national des châteaux de Malmaison…
Géricault, Théodore (1791-1824) Amazone (Horsewoman) 1820 or later Oil on canvas, 44.5 x 34.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Géricault studied horses extensively throughout his life, and his stay in England in 1820–21 inspired a group of works representing elegant…
Géricault, Théodore (1791-1824) Le Soir, Paysage avec aqueduc (Evening: Landscape with an Aqueduct) 1818 Oil on canvas, 250.2 x 219.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This work is one of a projected set of four monumental landscapes representing the times…
Campin, Robert (c.1378-1444) The Annunciation 1420–1425 Oil on oak panel, 76 x 70 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The event is set in a gothic temple, alluding to the New Law that replaces the old one, represented by the Romanesque tower in…
Campin, Robert (c.1378-1444) Saint Barbara 1438 Oil on oak panel, 101 x 47 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Saint Barbara reads by the light of a fireplace in a richly appointed room. The key to her identity lies outside the window…