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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…

Au poulailler (c.1878)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Au poulailler (In the Henhouse) c.1878 Oil on cardboard, 22 x 35.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection Through Pissarro, Gauguin was invited to participate in the Fourth Impressionist Exhibition, exhibiting a marble bust, although this work…

Aline Charigot (c.1885)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Aline Charigot c.1885 Oil on canvas, 65.4 × 54 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Renoir first met Aline Charigot in late 1879. She soon became a favorite model and, in 1890, the artist’s wife. Charigot probably posed for…

Jeune fille au chapeau de paille (c.1866)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Jeune fille au chapeau de paille (Young Woman in a Straw Hat) c.1866 Oil on canvas, 47 x 38.4 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia The model is Renoir‘s mistress, Lise Tréhot, who wears a day dress and straw hat…

Garçon dans les fleurs, Jacques Hoschedé (1876)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Garçon dans les fleurs, Jacques Hoschedé (Boy in Flowers, Jacques Hoschedé) 1876 Oil on canvas, 60 x 97 cm National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo During the summer of 1876 Manet visited the small village of Montgeron in…

Personnes sur la plage (1890)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Personnes sur la plage (Figures on the Beach) 1890 Oil on canvas, 52.7 x 64.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Probably painted in 1890 on the Cote d’Azur in southern France, this sun-filled painting shows…

Child in a Straw Hat (c.1886)

Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Child in a Straw Hat c.1886 Oil on canvas, 65.3 x 49.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from the waist up, a young girl wearing a slate-gray dress and straw hat stands with her hands…