Constable, John (1776-1837) Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop’s Grounds 1826 Oil on canvas, 88.9 x 112.4 cm Frick Collection, New York This is one of several versions that Constable painted of the south facade of Salisbury Cathedral, the celebrated Anglican church about…
Constable, John (1776-1837) Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop’s Grounds c.1825 Oil on canvas, 87.9 x 111.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This painting was made as a full-scale study for the picture of 1826 now in the Frick Collection, New…
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) The Abduction of Proserpina c.1614–1615 Oil on canvas, 38 x 67 cm Petit Palais, Paris This study for a large-scale painting that once belonged in England in the collections of the Duke of Marlborough at Blenheim Castle,…
Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) Male Figure with Outstretched Arms, Study for the Beethoven Frieze c.1902 Black chalk with yellow and red pastel on tracing paper, 35.56 x 35.56 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis From sketches such as this come major…
Gonzalès, Eva (1849-1883) Le sommeil (The Sleep) c.1877–1878 Oil on canvas, 81 x 100 cm Private collection This painting is a study for: Gonzalès, Eva (1849-1883) Le réveil c.1877–1878 Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen
Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) La Générosité (Generosity) 1894 Oil and pencil on buff paper mounted on canvas, 142.2 × 284.5 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824-1898) was born in Lyon and only in 1847, after…
Constable, John (1776-1837) Study of the Trunk of an Elm Tree c.1821 Oil on paper, 30.6 × 24.8 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London Constable probably painted this remarkable sketch in Hampstead. It is so realistic that it has an almost…
Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Étude pour La Manche à Gravelines, un soir (Study for The Channel at Gravelines, Evening) 1890 Crayon on paper, 23.8 × 31.5 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London Drawing in conte crayon of two anchors propped on their sides.…
Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) Essai pour trois portraits (Study for Three Portraits) 1910–1911 Oil on canvas, 194.95 × 116.52 cm Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee
Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) Nude Study c.1903 Graphite on cream wove paper, 33.4 x 31.9 cm Worcester Art Museum, Worcester