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Ambroise Vollard (1908)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Ambroise Vollard 1908 Oil on canvas, 81.6 x 65.2 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London See also: • Vollard, Ambroise (1866-1939)

Nature morte avec mandoline (1920)

Severini, Gino (1883-1966) Nature morte avec mandoline (Still life with mandolin) 1920 Tempera on paper, 32 x 49 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The painting is a particularly finished still life study of very high quality, made in the early…

Tête de taureau (1942)

Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Tête de taureau (Head of a Bull) 1942 Oil on canvas, 116 x 89 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The expressive brutality of the animal’s bleeding, severed head in such flagrant contrast with the white cloth reminds…

Pêches et cerises

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Pêches et cerises (Peaches and cherries) s.d. Oil on canvas, 27 x 17 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires

Lavanda dei piedi (1548-1549)

Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Lavanda dei piedi (Washing of the Feet) 1548–1549 Oil on canvas, 210 x 533 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This scene from the New Testament (John 13, 1-20) shows the moment just before the Last Supper, when…

La Vierge adorant l’hostie (1852)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) La Vierge adorant l’hostie (The Virgin Adoring the Host) 1852 Oil on canvas, 40.3 x 32.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Repetition with variants of the Virgin painted in 1841 for the future…