Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Visión de san Pedro Nolasco (Vision of St. Peter Nolasco) 1629 Oil on canvas, 179 x 223 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Founder of the order of la Merced Calzada, the saint is depicted kneeling, leaning on…
Guercino (1591-1666) San Luca dipinge la Vergine (St Luke Displaying a Painting of the Virgin) 1652–1653 Oil on canvas, 220.98 x 180.34 cm Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City
Guercino (1591-1666) La Sibilla Samia (The Samian Sibyl with a Putto) 1651 Oil on canvas, 218.5 × 180 cm National Gallery, London The Samian Sibyl was one of 12 pagan sibyls (or priestesses) who, like the Old Testament prophets, were…
Guercino (1591-1666) Sibilla Cumana con putto (The Cumaean Sibyl with a Putto) 1651 Oil on canvas, 222 x 168.5 cm National Gallery, London The Cumaean Sibyl is one of 12 pagan sibyls, or prophetesses, said to have foretold the coming…
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Nature morte à la commode (Still Life with Commode) c.1887–1888 Oil on canvas, 63.8 x 79.9 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA Many artists of the twentieth century credited Cézanne with revolutionizing painting through his unique style and…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Nature morte avec pommes, une poire et une cruche en forme de tête (Still Life with Apples, a Pear, and a Ceramic Portrait Jug) 1889 Oil on cradled panel, 28.6 x 36.2 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA
Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Le thé (The Tea) c.1880 Oil on canvas, 64.77 x 92.07 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Cassatt’s paintings often document the social interactions of well-to-do women like herself. The activities they depict—tea drinking, going to the…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Intérieur après dîner (Interior, after Dinner) 1868–1869 Oil on canvas, 50.2 x 65.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In a darkened room, two women sit at a round table near a man who stands leaning against…
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Joueurs de cartes (The Card Players) 1890–1892 Oil on canvas, 65.4 x 81.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Cézanne was in his fifties when he undertook a painting campaign devoted to giving memorable form to a…