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L’Homme à femmes (1890)

Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) L’Homme à femmes (The Ladies’ Man) 1890 Oil on panel, 25 x 16 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia This small oil painting was a study for the cover of L’homme à femmes, a satirical novel by Victor Joze published…

Nana (1877)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Nana 1877 Oil on canvas, 154 x 115 cm Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg Compare: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Devant le miroir 1876 Guggenheim Museum, New York    

Portrait de Félix Fénéon (1890)

Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Portrait de Félix Fénéon (Portrait of Félix Fénéon) 1890 Oil on canvas, 73.5 x 92.5 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York See also: • Fénéon, Félix (1861-1944)

Le Chahut (1889-1890)

Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Le Chahut 1889–1890 Oil on canvas, 170 x 141 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Cancan The women and men in this painting are enthusiastically dancing the chahut, or cancan, a risqué dance for that period, whereby the women lift their…

Stigmatizzazione di San Francesco (1767-1769)

Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Stigmatizzazione di San Francesco (Stigmatization of Saint Francis) 1767–1769 Oil on canvas, 278 x 153 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid A depiction of a miracle in the life of Saint Francis of Assisi that took place in…

Abramo e i tre angeli (c.1770)

Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Abramo e i tre angeli (Abraham and the three angels) c.1770 Oil on canvas, 196 x 151 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This painting presents an event mentioned in the book of Genesis (18, 1.19). Giambattista Tiepolo…

Ciego popular en Cádiz

Pueyrredón, Prilidiano (1823-1870) Ciego popular en Cádiz (Popular blind man in Cadiz) s.d. Watercolor on paper, 26.5 x 17.5 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires Costumbrista scene whose main interest lies in the fact that it is a…