Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) Leconte de Lisle c.1840–1841 Oil on canvas, 117 x 81 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Leconte de Lisle, Charles (1818-1894)
Leconte de Lisle (c.1840-1841)
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Portrait d’homme (c.1845)
Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) Portrait d’homme (Portrait of a Man) c.1845 Oil on canvas, 40.6 x 32.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
The Return of the Dove to the Ark (1851)
Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) The Return of the Dove to the Ark 1851 Oil on canvas, 88.2 x 54.9 cm Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Mariana (1851)
Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) Mariana 1851 Oil on mahogany, 59.7 x 49.5 cm Tate Britain, London When it was first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1851, this picture was accompanied by the following lines from Tennyson‘s Mariana (1830): She only said,…
San Paolo (1604-1606)
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) San Paolo (Saint Paul) 1604–1606 Fresco transferred to canvas Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona Mural Paintings from the Herrera Chapel.
Piccola macelleria (c.1582)
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Piccola macelleria (The Butcher’s Shop) c.1582 Oil on canvas, 59.7 x 71 cm Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth Around the time that he painted The Butcher’s Shop, in about 1582, Annibale Carracci joined his older cousin Ludovico and…
Jane Seymour (c.1536-1537)
Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Jane Seymour c.1536–1537 Oil on oak, 65.5 × 47 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Holbein became court painter to Henry VIII of England in 1536. Among the first of his paintings in the service of the King was…
Infanta Margarita Teresa con vestido rosa (1654)
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Infanta Margarita Teresa con vestido rosa (Infanta Margarita Teresa in pink dress) 1654 Oil on canvas, 128 × 99.6 × 3.2 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Margarita was the first child of the marriage between King Philip IV and his…
Large Self-Portrait (1652)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Large Self-Portrait 1652 Oil on canvas, 112 × 81.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The self-portrait is of particular importance in Rembrandt‘s work. In total, the artist created over sixty painted self-portraits, which document not only his personal circumstances but…
Hélène Fourment (c.1636-1638)
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Hélène Fourment (“The Furry”) c.1636–1638 Oil on oak, 178.7 × 86.2 × 2.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The posture of Rubens‘ second wife Helena Fourment (1614-1674, married in 1630) is reminiscent of the type of the ancient…