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La Rêverie (1877)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Rêverie, ou Portrait de l’actrice Jeanne Samary (Daydreaming or Portrait of the Actress Jeanne Samary) 1877 Oil on canvas, 56 x 47 cm Pushkin Museum, Moscow Female images occupy a special place in Renoir‘s work, becoming…

Enfant aux jouets, Gabrielle et Jean (1895-1896)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Enfant aux jouets, Gabrielle et Jean (Child with Toys, Gabrielle and the Artist’s Son, Jean) 1895–1896 Oil on canvas, 54.3 x 65.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from about the waist up, a woman with…

Colonna Romano (1912)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Colonna Romano 1912 Oil on canvas, 50 x 45 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts de Limoges, Limoges See also: • Colonna-Romano, Gabrielle (1888-1981)

The Holy Family (1633-1635)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) The Holy Family c.1633–1635 Oil on canvas, 183.5 x 123 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich Rembrandt presents this touching gathering of the Holy Family in the carpenter’s workshop in a monumental genre painting with almost life-sized figures that has…

Saskia van Uylenburgh in Arcadian Costume (1635)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Saskia van Uylenburgh in Arcadian Costume 1635 Oil on canvas, 123.5 x 97.5 cm National Gallery, London Saskia van Uylenburgh, the daughter of a burgomaster of Leeuwarden in Friesland, was 23 years old and had been married to…

A Woman bathing in a Stream (1654)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) A Woman bathing in a Stream (Hendrickje Stoffels?) 1654 Oil on oak, 61.8 x 47 cm National Gallery, London Rembrandt’s painting, unique for him in its tender intimacy, shows a young woman almost up to her knees in…

Portrait of Haesje Jacobsdr van Cleyburg (1634)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of Haesje Jacobsdr van Cleyburg 1634 Oil on panel, 68.6 x 53.4 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Rembrandt travelled to Rotterdam to portray the brewing couple Haesje van Cleyburg and Dirck Pesser, who were part of the city’s Remonstrant…