Tag: standing

The Dinner Horn (1870)

Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) The Dinner Horn 1870 Wood engraving Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Compare: Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) Blowing the Horn at Seaside 1870 National Gallery of Art, Washington     Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) The Dinner Horn c.1870 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston     Homer,…

The Dinner Horn (1870)

Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) The Dinner Horn 1870 Wood engraving on paper, 34.6 × 22.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Published June 11, 1870 by Harper’s Weekly (American, 1857-1916). Compare: Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) Blowing the Horn at Seaside 1870 National Gallery of Art, Washington…

The Dinner Horn (1870)

Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) The Dinner Horn 1870 Wood engraving, 35.2 x 23.2 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York A young woman sounds the call for the noonday meal for the men laboring in the distant field. The wind pulls her skirts outward behind…

Blowing the Horn at Seaside (1870)

Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) Blowing the Horn at Seaside 1870 Oil on canvas, 48.9 x 34.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Standing in the brilliant sunlight of midday, a young woman blows a metal horn to summon the farmhands in the nearby…

The Dinner Horn (c.1870)

Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) The Dinner Horn c.1870 Oil on panel, 14.29 x 22.86 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Compare: Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) Blowing the Horn at Seaside 1870 National Gallery of Art, Washington     Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) The Dinner Horn 1870 Art Institute…

Fair Rosamond Alone in Her Bower (c.1853)

Scott, William Bell (1811-1890) Fair Rosamond Alone in Her Bower c.1853 Oil on canvas, 68 x 51.4 cm Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow Compare: De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) Queen Eleanor and the Fair Rosamund Probably 1901–1902 De Morgan Collection     Rossetti,…

La famille paysanne (1871-1872)

Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) La famille paysanne (The peasant family) 1871–1872 Oil on canvas, 110.4 x 81 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff The British painter Sickert commented: ‘The sublime man and his stolid spouse face the spectator with all the gravity and symmetry…

Santa Margarita de Antioquía (1630-1634)

Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Santa Margarita de Antioquía (Saint Margaret of Antioch) 1630–1634 Oil on canvas, 163 × 105 cm National Gallery, London The fourth-century saint Margaret was said to come from the city of Antioch. Her father, a pagan priest, cast…

Adrasto assiso ai piedi d’Armida (c.1740-1746)

Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Adrasto assiso ai piedi d’Armida (Adrastus seated at the feet of Armida) c.1740–1746 Oil on canvas, 160.4 × 53.5 cm National Gallery, London Within a walled garden, a man wearing a striking blue costume and ornate necklace catches the…