Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Persée et Andromède (Perseus and Andromeda) c.1819 Oil on canvas, 19.7 × 16.2 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Ingres‘s vulnerable figure of Andromeda is the “classic” idealized figure study. The fact that she is being…
Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Vêtements sur l’herbe (Clothes on the Grass) 1883 Oil on wood, 16.2 x 24.8 cm Tate Britain, London This is one of a series of small studies in oil on panel for Seurat‘s first large painting ‘Bathing at…
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) The Apotheosis of James I and Other Studies: Multiple Sketch for the Banqueting House Ceiling, Whitehall c.1628–1630 Oil on oak, 94.7 x 63 cm Tate Britain, London Rubens was the leading artist in Antwerp, and one of the…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Retrato de Francisco I de Este (Portrait of Duke Francesco I d’Este) 1638 Oil on canvas, 68 x 51 cm Galleria Estense, Modena In 1638 Duke Francesco I d’Este undertook a diplomatic trip to the court of King Philip…
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Mars and Venus, after Guercino 1802 Graphite on paper, 12.8 × 11.4 cm Tate Britain, London Compare: Guercino (1591-1666) Venere, Marte e Amore 1633 Galleria Estense, Modena See also: • Guercino (1591-1666)
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Giotto Painting the Portrait of Dante 1852 Watercolor over pencil, 36.8 x 47 cm Private collection Study: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Study for Giotto Painting the Portrait of Dante 1852 Tate Britain, London Compare: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882)…
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Study for Giotto Painting the Portrait of Dante 1852 Ink on paper, 19 × 16.8 cm Tate Britain, London The medieval Italian poet Dante Alighieri inspired some of Blake‘s and Rossetti‘s greatest pictures. They each saw Dante‘s writings…
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Miss Lala au Cirque Fernando (Miss Lala at the Cirque Fernando) 1879 Pastel on paper, 61 × 47.6 cm Tate Britain, London This is one of a sequence of pastels and drawings, many of which were executed on the…
Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910) Study for the Christ Child in the Virgin’s Arms 1876 Chalk on paper, 50.8 x 5.6 cm Tate Britain, London Study for the Christ Child in the Virgin’s Arms for ‘The Triumph of the Innocents’ (first version). One…
Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910) Portrait of Mrs Edith Holman Hunt 1880 Chalk and pastel on paper, 42.8 x 33.8 cm Tate Britain, London Edith Holman Hunt was the artist’s second wife, the sister of his first wife Fanny. It was a…