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La jetée à Cassis (1889)

Signac, Paul (1863-1935) La jetée à Cassis (The Jetty at Cassis) 1889 Oil on canvas, 46.4 x 65.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Between 1887 and 1891, Signac spent the warmer months pursuing his two passions, marine painting and…

Collioure, le clocher (1887)

Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Collioure, le clocher, Opus 164 (Collioure, the Belltower, Opus 164) 1887 Oil on canvas, 33 x 46 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Autodidact Paul Signac actually wanted to be a writer, but after seeing the impressionist paintings of Claude…

The Building of the Tower of Babel (c.1595)

Brueghel, Pieter the Younger (1564-1638) The Building of the Tower of Babel c.1595 Oil on panel, 43.2 x 42.9 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Attributed to Peter Brueghel the Younger, this small panel, from the collections of the Palace of…

Veduta di Gazzada (1744)

Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780) Veduta di Gazzada (View of Gazzada) 1744 Oil on canvas, 64.5 x 98.5 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The two canvases were acquired for Brera from the antique dealer Alessandro Brison and immediately became one of the…

Vista de Toledo (1599-1600)

El Greco (1541-1614) Vista de Toledo (View of Toledo) c.1599–1600 Oil on canvas, 121.3 x 108.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In this, his greatest surviving landscape, El Greco portrays the city he lived and worked in for…

Patio porteño en 1850 (c.1860)

Pueyrredón, Prilidiano (1823-1870) Patio porteño en 1850 (Courtyard in Buenos Aires in 1850) c.1860 Oil on copper, 30.2 x 43 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires This small painting has been overrated in its quality, for example the…