Bronzino (1503-1572) Ritratto di giovane uomo (Portrait of a Young Man) 1530s Oil on wood, 95.6 x 74.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The identity of this arrogant young man is unknown, but he must have belonged to…
Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) El matemático (The Mathematician) 1918 Oil on canvas, 115.5 × 80.5 cm Museo Dolores Olmedo, Mexico City
Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) Cuchillo y fruta frente a la ventana (Knife and Fruit in Front of the Window) 1917 Oil on canvas, 91.8 × 92.4 cm Museo Dolores Olmedo, Mexico City
Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) Autorretrato con chambergo (Self-portrait with Broad-Brimmed Hat) 1907 Oil on canvas, 84.5 × 61.5 cm Museo Dolores Olmedo, Mexico City
Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) Tabla en la terraza de un café (Table on a Café Terrace) 1915 Oil on canvas, 60.6 x 49.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In the distinct brand of Cubism that he developed while living…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Felipe IV armado, con un león a los pies (Philip IV in Armour, with a Lion at his Feet) c.1653 Oil on canvas, 234 x 131.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid In its present state the painting…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Felipe IV (Philip IV) 1623 Oil on canvas, 198 x 101.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid We see King Philip IV of Spain (r. 1621-1665) when he was around twenty years old in an austere image filled…
Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Madame Gautreau Drinking a Toast 1882–1883 Oil on wood, 32 x 41 cm Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston Madame Pierre Gautreau, born Virginie Avegno (1859–1915), was Madame X, the statuesque sitter in Sargent’s most notorious portrait…
Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau) 1883–1884 Oil on canvas, 208.6 x 109.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Madame Pierre Gautreau (the Louisiana-born Virginie Amélie Avegno; 1859–1915) was known in Paris for her artful appearance.…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Chrysanthèmes (Chrysanthemums) 1882 Oil on canvas, 100.3 x 81.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York An avid gardener, Monet produced some twenty floral still lifes between 1878 and 1883, garnering both critical and commercial success. This…