Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Peasant Dance c.1568 Oil on oak panel, 114 × 164 × 3 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscribed at lower right: BRVEGEL The opening dance of the country fair is depicted: a traditional leaping dance which…
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Triumph of Death 1562–1563 Oil on panel, 117 x 162 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid In this moral work, the triumph of Death over mundane things is symbolized by a large army of skeletons razing…
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) L’Ultima Cena (The Last Supper) 1494–1498 Dry wall-painting, 460 x 880 cm Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milano Leonardo did not use the traditional fresco technique to paint the Last Supper and the lunettes. He chose a method that…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) La Chambre de Van Gogh à Arles (Van Gogh’s Bedroom in Arles) 1889 Oil on canvas, 57.3 x 73.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris (F0483-JH1793) Van Gogh produced three, almost identical paintings on the theme of his bedroom. The…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Terrasse de café sur la place du Forum (Café Terrace on the Place du Forum) 1888 Oil on canvas 80.7 x 65.3 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo (F 467, JH 1580) Nocturnal painting Van Gogh had intended to make…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Déjeuner au bord de la rivière (Lunch at the Restaurant Fournaise, The Rowers’ Lunch) 1875 Oil on canvas, canvas 55.1 x 65.9 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago See also: • Chatou (France) | Restaurant Fournaise (Chatou)
Caravaggio (1571-1610) San Girolamo scrivente (Saint Jerome Writing) 1607–1608 Oil on canvas, 117 x 157 cm St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Marta e Maria Maddalena (Martha and Mary Magdalene) c.1598 Oil and tempera on canvas, 100 x 134.5 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit “There is a Michelangelo da Caravaggio who is doing extraordinary things in Rome.” This quote by a…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Il cavadenti (The Tooth Puller) c.1609 Oil on canvas, 194,5 x 139,5 cm Galleria Palatina, Firenze
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Cena in Emmaus (Supper at Emmaus) 1606 Oil on canvas, 141 x 175 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Caravaggio painted the Supper at Emmaus between 1605 and 1606, probably painted on the Colonna estate in Paliano where he sought refuge…