Géricault, Théodore (1791-1824) Paysage au tombeau (Landscape with a Tomb) c.1818 Oil on canvas, 250 x 220 cm Petit Palais, Paris Shortly after failing to win the Prix de Rome, Géricault set off for Italy in October 1816. No sooner had…
Tissot, James (1836-1902) Le départ de l’enfant prodigue (The Departure of the Prodigal Son) 1863 Oil on canvas, 107 x 226 cm Petit Palais, Paris Tissot portrays the parable of the prodigal son in the Middle Ages. As a historical painter,…
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) Spring 1894 Oil on canvas, 178.4 × 80.3 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles Barefoot young women and children adorned with flower crowns and playing musical instruments lead a procession through a city built of marble. Splashes of color,…
Moore, Henry (1898-1986) Working Model for Draped Seated Woman: Figure on Steps 1956 Hollow bronze cast, 64.01 × 72.39 × 67.63 cm Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) L’Escalier d’Auvers (Stairway at Auvers) 1890 Oil on canvas, 50 × 70.5 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis The expressive, swirling lines of the foreground road move backward to the center of the composition and join the…
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) L’exécution du Doge Marino Faliero (The Execution of the Doge Marino Faliero) 1825–1826 Oil on canvas, 145.6 x 113.8 cm Wallace Collection, London See also: • Faliero, Marino (1274-1355)
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Caino uccide Abele (Cain Killing Abel) 1540s Oil on wood, 31 × 78.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) Bull in a City Street c.1670 Oil on canvas, 31.4 × 40.3 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit
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.…
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…