Tag: standing

Maria de’ Medici (c.1555)

Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Maria de’ Medici c.1555 Oil on poplar, 116 x 90 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Since the early Renaissance the foremost artists and workshops in Florence had worked for the Medici. In 1570, Cosimo I became Grand-Duke of Tuscany, elevating…

Le Jardin de l’artiste à Vétheuil (1881)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le Jardin de l’artiste à Vétheuil (The Artist’s Garden at Vétheuil) 1881 Oil on canvas, 151.5 x 121 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A small child stands facing us on a sun-dappled path that runs up the center…

Le déjeuner (1868-1869)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le déjeuner (The Luncheon) 1868–1869 Oil on canvas, 231.5 x 151 cm Städel Museum, Frankfurt Art history would probably have taken a different course if the jury of the Paris Salon had not turned down this painting by Monet…

Madonna col Bambino (1480-1485)

Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child, Wittgenstein Madonna) 1480–1485 Oil on wood, 109 x 85 cm Louvre, Abu Dhabi Probably dating from the early 1480s, this work is very representative of the early Venetian Renaissance and the art of…

Tanagra (1918)

Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Tanagra (The Builders, New York) 1918 Oil on canvas, 149.2 x 149 cm Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington In Tanagra (The Builders, New York), Childe Hassam painted an ambivalent image of modern life. At the turn of the twentieth…

Perseo con la testa di Medusa (1545-1554)

Cellini, Benvenuto (1500-1571) Perseo con la testa di Medusa (Perseus with the Head of Medusa) 1545–1554 Bronze, h. 519 cm Piazza della Signoria, Firenze Compare: Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Perseo con la testa della Medusa 1804–1806 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York  …

Portrait de deux fillettes (1890-1892)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Portrait de deux fillettes (Portrait of Two Little Girls) 1890–1892 Oil on canvas, 46.5 x 55 cm Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris Renoir was very fond of representing two young girls enjoying the same pastime together. This was one of…

Evening Talk (1889)

Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) Evening Talk 1889 Oil on canvas, 175.6 x 216 x 9.1 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen Munch’s lifelong obsession with loneliness and psychologically twisted love relationship began with this large picture. This was the first time that he…