Guercino (1591-1666) Cristo risorto appare alla madre (The Resurrected Christ Appears to the Virgin) 1629 Oil on canvas, 260 x 179.5 cm Civica Pinacoteca Il Guercino, Cento Wrapped in a metallic-colored drapery, beautiful and solemn in his gait, with the flag…
Guercino (1591-1666) Amnon e Tamar (Amnon and Tamar) 1649–1650 Oil on canvas, 123 x 158.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from the thighs up, a light-skinned man and woman gesture dramatically, partially covered only by colorful lengths of…
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Angelo con il titolo della croce (Angel with the Superscription) c.1667–1668 Terracotta, 28.9 x 17.1 x 13.8 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA
Aalto, Alvar (1898-1976) Standing Lamp from Woodberry Poetry Room 1948 Wood, metal, and electrical components, 189.5 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Poèmes Barbares (Savage Poems) 1896 Oil on canvas, 64.8 x 48.3 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA Gauguin’s model for this painting was likely Pau’ura a Tai, a 14-year-old girl whom the artist described as his “native wife”…
Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) A Grecian Flower Market (A Flower Stall) 1880 Oil on canvas, 57.8 x 79.3 cm Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Lola de Valence 1862 Oil on canvas, 123 x 92 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Lola de Valence, née Dolores Melea
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Girl in White 1890 Oil on canvas, 66.7 x 45.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Intérieur après dîner (Interior, after Dinner) 1868–1869 Oil on canvas, 50.2 x 65.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In a darkened room, two women sit at a round table near a man who stands leaning against…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Benito (Saint Benedict) c.1640–1645 Oil on canvas, 188 x 103.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This painting formed part of a series by Zurbarán representing the thirteen founders of monastic orders, known today…