Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Musique aux Tuileries (Music in the Tuileries Gardens) 1862 Oil on canvas, 76.2 x 118.1 cm National Gallery, London Portraits included in the painting: Image: The National Gallery, London 1. Édouard Manet (1832-1883) 2. Comte Albert de Balleroy (1828-1872) 3. Champfleury…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le déjeuner sur l’herbe (Luncheon on the Grass) 1863 Oil on canvas, 207 x 265 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Compare: Ernst, Max (1891-1976) Le Déjeuner sur l’Herbre 1944 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland See also: • Meurent, Victorine (1844-1927)
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Parable of the Blind Leading the Blind 1568 Tempera on canvas, 85.5 x 154 cm Museo di Capodimonte, Napoli
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery 1565 Oil on canvas, 24 x 34 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Beggars (The Cripples) 1568 Oil on panel, 18.5 x 21.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The real meaning of the scene, in particular the meaning of the motif of fox tails (a motif dear to…
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) & Workshop San Giovanni nel deserto, Bacco (St John in the Wilderness, Bacchus) c.1517–1520 Oil on wood transferred to canvas, 177 x 115 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris We do not know the circumstances of the creation of…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Jardin à Sainte-Adresse (Garden at Sainte-Adresse) 1867 Oil on canvas, 98.1 x 129.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Monet spent the summer of 1867 with his family at Sainte-Adresse, a seaside resort near Le Havre. It was…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Madonna di Loreto (Madonna dei Pellegrini) c.1606 Oil on canvas, 260 x 150 cm Cappella Cavalletti, Sant’Agostino in Campo Marzio, Roma See also: • Loreto (Italia)
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Adorazione dei Pastori (Adoration of the Shepherds) 1609 Oil on canvas, 314 x 211 cm Museo Regionale, Messina
Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Marine à Sainte-Adresse (Beach at Sainte-Adresse) 1865 Oil on canvas, 58.4 x 140 cm High Museum of Art, Atlanta On a windy, overcast day on the northern coast of France, fishing boats ply the choppy waters. In this unsentimental…