Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Cours d’eau sous les Arbres (Stream in a Wood) c.1873 Oil on canvas, 30.5 x 26 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Madonna col Bambino in un paesaggio con Tobiolo e l’angelo (Madonna and Child in a Landscape with Tobias and the Angel) c.1535–1540 Oil on panel, 85.2 x 120.3 x 1.7 cm Royal Collection, Buckingham Palace, London This painting was described by…
Lippi, Filippo (1406-1469) Visione di Sant’Agostino (Vision of St Augustine) c.1460 Tempera on panel, 28 x 51.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Originally part of an altar, this work takes its subject from a description of the life of St Augustine,…
Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) Ophelia 1851–1852 Oil on canvas, 76.2 x 111.8 cm Tate Britain, London The scene depicted is from Shakespeare‘s Hamlet, Act IV, Scene vii, in which Ophelia, driven out of her mind when her father is murdered by…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) La cascade (The Waterfall) 1910 Oil on canvas, 116.2 × 150.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Among the very last compositions Henri Rousseau painted, The Waterfall is typical of the large-scale jungle scenes for which he gained…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Le Ruisseau du Puits-Noir, vallée de la Loue (The Puits Noir Stream, Loue Valley) 1855 Oil on canvas, 104 x 137 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Courbet painted events and scenery primarily from his native Ornans, a village…
Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) Extensive Landscape With Travellers on a Country Road c.1608–1610 Oil on copper, 33.6 x 46.4 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis From an elevated viewpoint we see the city of Antwerp at the distant right,…
Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) Giacobbe con il gregge di Labano (Jacob with the Flock of Laban) 1638 Oil on canvas, 132 x 118 cm National Gallery, London Jacob sits next to a stream, holding his shepherd’s staff, surrounded by his flock. Resting…
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Allegoria dell’Agricoltura (Allegory of Agriculture) early 1680s Oil on canvas, 121.4 x 192 cm National Gallery, London This modello, or detailed oil study, is one of a group of 12 that Giordano made in preparation for the ceiling frescoes in…