Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Jeune mère contemplant son enfant (Young Mother Gazing at Her Child) 1871 Oil on canvas, 76.2 x 95.2 cm Private collection
Jeune mère contemplant son enfant (1871)
Tag: sleeping
Venere dormiente (c.1508-1510)
Giorgione (c.1477-1510) & Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Venere dormiente (Sleeping Venus) c.1508–1510 Oil on canvas, 108.5 x 175 cm Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden The painting is one of the most famous works of the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister Dresden. It was probably commissioned by…
Jean Monet endormi (c.1868)
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Jean Monet endormi (Jean Monet Sleeping) c.1868 Oil on canvas, 42.5 x 50 cm Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen See also: • Monet, Jean (1867-1914)
Holy Family (1645)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Holy Family 1645 Oil on canvas, 117 x 91 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg One of the key subjects for Rembrandt was the Holy Family that perhaps for him embodied the lost dream of a happy home life. In…
Selene and Endymion (c.1680)
Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711) Selene and Endymion c.1680 Oil on canvas, 177 x 118.5 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam The chaste goddess of the moon, Selene (or Diana), is in love with the shepherd Endymion. Only at night when he is asleep does…
Visión de san Pedro Nolasco (1629)
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Visión de san Pedro Nolasco (Vision of St. Peter Nolasco) 1629 Oil on canvas, 179 x 223 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Founder of the order of la Merced Calzada, the saint is depicted kneeling, leaning on…
Riposo nella fuga in Egitto (1624)
Guercino (1591-1666) Riposo nella fuga in Egitto (Rest on the Flight into Egypt) 1624 Oil on canvas, diameter 68.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (called il Guercino) created Rest on the Flight to Egypt as a…
Agar e Ismaele nel deserto confortati dall’angelo (1652-1653)
Guercino (1591-1666) Agar e Ismaele nel deserto confortati dall’angelo (The Angel appears to Hagar and Ishmael) 1652–1653 Oil on canvas, 193 x 229 cm National Gallery, London The story of Hagar and Ishmael is told in the Old Testament (Genesis…
San Pietro liberato da un angelo (c.1622)
Guercino (1591-1666) San Pietro liberato da un angelo (Saint Peter freed by an Angel) c.1622 Oil on canvas, 105 x 136 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid A youthful looking angel with curly hair imperiously points out the path of freedom…
A Naiad (1893)
Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) A Naiad (or Hylas with a Nymph) 1893 Oil on canvas, 66 x 127 cm Private collection