Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) The Siesta, or Pompeian Scene 1868 Oil on canvas, 130 x 369 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid A domestic scene set in classical antiquity. An old man and a youth recline on divans while an attractive young woman…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Green Park, London 1870 or 1871 Oil on canvas, 34.3 × 72.5 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Detail of Apsley House, home of the Duke of Wellington, and his equestrian statue. See also: • London (England) | Wellington…
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) Glaucus and Nydia 1867 Oil on wood panel, 55.5 x 81 x 4.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Alma-Tadema, one of the most popular Victorian painters, became famous for his depictions of the luxury and decadence of the…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Incoronazione di spine (The Crowning with Thorns) 1540–1543 Oil on panel, 303 x 180 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Painted between 1540 and 1543 for the Confraternità di Santa Corona and placed in the funerary chapel of the brotherhood (decorated…
Magritte, René (1898-1967) L’Avenir des statues (The Future of Statues) 1937 Oil on plaster, 33 × 16.5 x 20.3 cm Tate Britain, London This work is made from a plaster copy of the death mask of the French Emperor Napoleon. A…
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Samson and Delilah c.1609–1610 Oil on wood, 185 × 205 cm National Gallery, London Peter Paul Rubens’s Samson and Delilah portrays a tragedy of love and betrayal. According to the Old Testament, Samson, a Jewish hero blessed…
Constable, John (1776-1837) Cenotaph to the Memory of Sir Joshua Reynolds 1833–1836 Oil on canvas, 132 × 108.5 cm National Gallery, London Cenotaph to the Memory of Sir Joshua Reynolds, erected in the grounds of Coleorton Hall, Leicestershire by the late Sir…
Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) Il Palazzo Ducale e il Molo dal Bacino di San Marco (Venice: The Doge’s Palace and the Molo from the Basin of San Marco) c.1770 Oil on canvas, 58.1 × 76.4 cm National Gallery, London Guardi delighted in capturing…
El Greco (1541-1614) Cristo expulsando a los mercaderes del templo (Christ driving the Traders from the Temple) c.1600 Oil on canvas, 106.3 × 129.7 cm National Gallery, London El Greco has used theatrical gestures and intense colours to express the chaos and…
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Gustave Geffroy 1895–1896 Oil on canvas, 117 x 89.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Geffroy, Gustave (1855-1926)