Tag: study

Sant’Agostino nello studio (1480)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Sant’Agostino nello studio (Saint Augustine in His Study) 1480 Fresco transferred to canvas, 152 x 112 cm Chiesa di Ognissanti, Firenze Compare: Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) San Girolamo nello studio 1480 Chiesa di Ognissanti, Firenze     See also: • Augustine of Hippo

San Gerolamo nello studio (c.1475)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) San Gerolamo nello studio (Saint Jerome in his Study) c.1475 Oil on lime, 45.7 x 36.2 cm National Gallery, London Born in the fourth century, Saint Jerome was a scholar and a monk. His translation of the…

San Giorgio uccide il drago (disegno)

Raffaello (1483-1520) San Giorgio uccide il drago, disegno (Drawing for St George and the Dragon) c.1506 Pen and ink over black chalk, 26.3 x 21.3 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze See also: Raffaello (1483-1520) San Giorgio e il drago c.1506 National…

Busto femminile (c.1505-1507)

Raffaello (1483-1520) Busto femminile (Head and shoulders of a woman) c.1505–1507 Pen and brown ink, black chalk, 22.2 x 15.9 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Head and shoulders of a woman, in three-quarters profile facing left, with folded arms, possibly a study…

Diane chasseresse (1867)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Diane chasseresse (Diana) 1867 Oil on canvas, 199.5 x 129.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Renoir wrote that he had produced this painting as a study of a nude, the sort of exercise that was a mainstay of…

Étude pour “Le Pont de l’Europe” (1876)

Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Étude pour “Le Pont de l’Europe” (Study for “Le Pont de l’Europe”) 1876 Oil on canvas, 83.18 x 122.56 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo During his time, Gustave Caillebotte was best known as an enthusiastic collector and…

Étude pour Rue de Paris, temps de pluie (1877)

Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Étude pour Rue de Paris, temps de pluie (Study for Paris Street, Rainy Day) 1877 Graphite, with touches of erasing and charcoal, on tan laid paper 30.2 x 46.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This preparatory drawing…

Study of a Young Woman (1665-1667)

Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) Study of a Young Woman (Meisjeskopje) 1665–1667 Oil on canvas, 44.5 x 40 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Soft light illuminates the face of a young woman dressed in clothing and costume jewelry that would have…