Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Sacrificio di Isacco (The Sacrifice of Isaac) c.1527 Oil on wood, 178 x 138 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland In this dramatic test of faith from the Old Testament book of Genesis, Abraham agrees to slay his…
Guercino (1591-1666) Ritorno del figliol prodigo (Homecoming of the Prodigal Son) 1619 Oil on canvas, 107 × 143.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Compare: Guercino (1591-1666) Il ritorno del figliol prodigo 1654–1655 Timken Museum of Art, San Diego
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Hélène Fourment with two of her children (Clara Johanna, born in 1632, and Frans, born in 1633) c.1636 Oil on panel, 115 x 85 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Painted around 1636, given the ages of the…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Promenade dans les prés à Argenteuil (A Walk in the Meadows at Argenteuil) 1873 Oil on canvas, 53.3 x 64.8 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence See also: • Argenteuil (France) | Doncieux, Camille (1847-1879) | Monet, Jean (1867-1914)
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Christophe Colomb et son fils à La Rábida (Christopher Columbus and His Son at La Rábida) 1838 Oil on canvas, 90.3 x 118 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Colombo, Cristoforo (1451-1506) | La Rábida |…
Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) Il sacrificio di Isacco (The Sacrifice of Isaac) 1750s Oil on canvas, 56.5 x 75.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland This series of paintings predominantly tells the Old Testament story of Abraham and Isaac, and each of…
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Garçon dans une cape bordée de rouge (A Boy in a Red-lined Cloak) 1780s Oil on wood, 20.8 x 16 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland In the course of his long career, Fragonard produced more than 550…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Famille de l’artiste (The Artist’s Family) 1896 Oil on canvas, 173 x 137.2 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Renoir presents his family in the garden of their residence in Paris. At center Renoir‘s wife, Aline Charigot Renoir, wears…
Guercino (1591-1666) Il ritorno del figliol prodigo (The Return of the Prodigal Son) 1654–1655 Oil on canvas, 155.6 x 146.1 cm Timken Museum of Art, San Diego The parable depicted by Il Guercino (a nickname meaning “squint-eyed”) is the one most…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) La Leçon de musique (The Music Lesson) 1917 Oil on canvas, 245.1 x 210.8 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Matisse set this portrait of his wife, daughter, and two sons in the living room of the family home in…