Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Le déjeuner (Luncheon) 1876 Oil on canvas, 52 x 75 cm Private collection
Le déjeuner (1876)
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Dans un café (1880)
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Dans un café (In a Café) 1880 Oil on canvas, 153 x 114 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen Caillebotte presented this café scene, typical of modern life, at the fifth Impressionist Exhibition. A life-sized male figure dominates the…
Nature Morte Vivante (1956)
Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) Nature Morte Vivante (Living Still Life) 1956 Oil on canvas, 125 x 160 cm Salvador Dalí Museum, St. Petersburg
Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife (1434)
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Portrait of Giovanni (?) Arnolfini and his Wife 1434 Oil on oak, 82.2 x 60 cm National Gallery, London This must be one of the most famous paintings in the world, and one of the most intriguing.…
Cache-cache (c.1877)
Tissot, James (1836-1902) Cache-cache (Hide and Seek) c.1877 Oil on wood, 73.4 x 53.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In early 1874 Degas wrote, “Look here, my dear Tissot. . . you positively must exhibit at the Boulevard [in the…
Fleurs dans un vase (1909)
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Fleurs dans un vase (Flowers in a Vase) 1909 Oil on canvas, 45.4 x 32.7 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo For Henri Rousseau, the theme of the still life, especially flowers, offered a pleasant diversion from more ambitious,…
Bouquet de Fleurs (1909-1910)
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Bouquet de Fleurs (Bouquet of Flowers) 1909–1910 Oil on canvas, 61 x 49.5 cm Tate Britain, London Rousseau exhibited still lifes of flowers at the Salon des Indépendants in 1902 (1546, ‘Bouquet of Flowers’), 1903 (2142, ‘Bouquet of Flowers’)…
Woman with a Pearl Necklace (1663-1665)
Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) Woman with a Pearl Necklace (Vrouw met parelsnoer) 1663–1665 Oil on canvas, 56.1 x 47.4 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin SIGNATURE / INSCRIPTION: Inscription on the table top: IVMeer (IVM in ligature) A young woman stands at a table and…
Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman (early 1660s)
Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman early 1660s Oil on canvas, 74.1 x 64.6 cm Royal Collection, Buckingham Palace, London A Lady at the Virginal with a Gentleman entered the Royal Collection in 1762 as a work…
Woman in Blue Reading a Letter (c.1663)
Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) Woman in Blue Reading a Letter (Brieflezende vrouw) c.1663 Oil on canvas, 46.5 x 39 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Enjoying a quiet, private moment, this young woman is absorbed in reading a letter in the morning light. She is…