Rembrandt (1606-1669) Flora c.1654 Oil on canvas, 100 x 91.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Unlike many of his ambitious contemporaries, Rembrandt never traveled to Italy. Nonetheless, Italian art had a profound effect on him; in this depiction of…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Bouquet printanier (Spring Bouquet) 1866 Oil on canvas, 104.8 x 80.3 cm Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Nascita di Venere (Birth of Venus) c.1485 Tempera on canvas, 172.5 x 278.5 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Known as the “Birth of Venus”, the composition actually shows the goddess of love and beauty arriving on land, on the…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Primavera (Allegory of Spring) c.1480 Tempera on panel, 207 x 319 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze This painting, usually known as the Primavera [or ‘Spring’] shows nine figures from classic mythology advancing over a flowery lawn in a grove…
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Las floreras, o La Primavera (The Flower Girls, or Spring) 1786 Oil on canvas, 277 x 192 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid A young woman holding a girl by the hand receives a rose from another who kneels…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Boulevard Montmartre, printemps (Boulevard Montmartre, Spring) 1897 Oil on canvas, 65 x 81 cm Israel Museum, Jerusalem See also: • Boulevard Montmartre (Paris) | Streets | Streets (Paris)
Arcimboldo, Giuseppe (1526-1593) Primavera (Spring) 1573 Oil on panel, 76 x 63.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The four seasons, © Musée du Louvre/A. Dequier – M. Bard Origin: Series of four paintings (R.F. 1964-30 to 33) representing the Seasons, most…