Bacon, Francis (1909-1992) Study for Crouching Nude 1952 Oil and sand on canvas, 198.1 × 137.2 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Few painters have defined the post–World War II era with its existential loathing better than Francis Bacon, the brilliant son…
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) La Mort de Sardanapale, esquisse (The Death of Sardanapalus, sketch) 1826–1827 Oil on canvas, 81 × 100 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Compare: Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) La mort de Sardanapale 1844 Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Mort de…
Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Portrait Study of a Young Lady c.1760–1765 Oil on canvas, 76.5 × 63 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Étude pour “Une baignade à Asnières” (Study for “Bathers at Asnières”) c.1883–1884 Oil on wood panel, 32 x 41 x 5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Seurat’s approach to painting differed greatly from the Impressionist painters who…
Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899) Étude de cheval bai (Study of a Bay Horse) s.d. Oil on canvas, 42 x 34 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) King David Playing the Harp c.1627–1628 Oil on panel, 44.8 x 66 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia The biblical King David strums his harp, performing the music of heaven in concert with five angels. Ornate fictive architecture frames…
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Saint Michel défait le diable (Saint Michael Defeats the Devil) probably 1850 Oil on paper mounted to canvas, 48.3 x 59.7 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Delacroix made this small sketch for a much larger commission: the ceiling of…
Raffaello (1483-1520) Studio della testa e della spalla sinistra di una donna (Study of the Head and Left Shoulder of a Woman) 1519–1520 Chalk on paper, 33 × 24.2 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam This splendid drawing demonstrates Raphael’s flair for delineating a…
La Gandara, Antonio de (1861-1917) Étude de femme (Study of a Woman) 1895 Print on paper, 26 x 18 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Published in an album with ten original prints as a supplement to the magazine: L’Epreuve, April 1895, print no.…
Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) Studio per San Francesco che riceve le stimmate (Study for Saint Francis receiving the stigmata) s.d. Pen and brush on paper, 20.8 x 15.3 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam