Arcimboldo, Giuseppe (1526-1593) Il Cuoco (The Cook) c.1570 Oil on wood, 52.5 x 41 cm Nationalmuseum, Stockholm “Reversible head” which allows for a dual interpretation when turned upside-down.
Il Cuoco (c.1570)
Tag: still life
Rodolfo II in veste di Vertunno (c.1590)
Arcimboldo, Giuseppe (1526-1593) Rodolfo II in veste di Vertunno (Rudolf II as Vertumnus) c.1590 Oil on panel, 68 x 56 cm Skoklosters Slott, Sweden See also: • Rudolf II (1552-1612)
Primavera (1573)
Arcimboldo, Giuseppe (1526-1593) Primavera (Spring) 1573 Oil on panel, 76 x 63.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The four seasons, © Musée du Louvre/A. Dequier – M. Bard Origin: Series of four paintings (R.F. 1964-30 to 33) representing the Seasons, most…
Nature Morte Vivante (1956)
Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) Nature Morte Vivante (Living Still Life) 1956 Oil on canvas, 125 x 160 cm Salvador Dalí Museum, St. Petersburg
Fleurs dans un vase (1909)
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Fleurs dans un vase (Flowers in a Vase) 1909 Oil on canvas, 45.4 x 32.7 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo For Henri Rousseau, the theme of the still life, especially flowers, offered a pleasant diversion from more ambitious,…
Bouquet de Fleurs (1909-1910)
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Bouquet de Fleurs (Bouquet of Flowers) 1909–1910 Oil on canvas, 61 x 49.5 cm Tate Britain, London Rousseau exhibited still lifes of flowers at the Salon des Indépendants in 1902 (1546, ‘Bouquet of Flowers’), 1903 (2142, ‘Bouquet of Flowers’)…
Nature morte au bouquet (1871)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Nature morte au bouquet (Still Life with Bouquet) 1871 Oil on canvas, 73.7 × 59.1 × 3.2 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Houston “Painting is done to decorate walls. So it should be as rich as possible. For me…
Shoes (1886)
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Shoes (F 255, JH 1124) 1886 Oil on canvas, 38.1 cm x 45.3 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam Worn-out shoes were an unusual choice of subject for a painting. An acquaintance of Van Gogh‘s in Paris described how…
Ragazzo morso da un ramarro (c.1594-1595)
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Ragazzo morso da un ramarro (Boy bitten by a Lizard) c.1594–1595 Oil on canvas, 66 x 49.5 cm National Gallery, London An effeminate youth with curling locks, full lips and a rose tucked behind one ear, recoils in surprise at…
Giovane con canestra di frutta (c.1595)
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Giovane con canestra di frutta (Boy with a basket of fruit) c.1595 Oil on canvas, 70 x 67 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma The canvas comes from the group of works confiscated in 1607 from Giuseppe Cesari, known as the Cavalier…