Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) The Love Song 1868–1877 Oil on canvas, 114.3 x 155.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Burne-Jones associated this painting with a refrain from a French folk ballad: “Alas, I know a love song, / Sad or…
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) Nocturne: blue and gold, St. Mark’s, Venice 1880 Oil on canvas, 75.4 x 90.5 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff Following his bankruptcy in 1879, Whistler spent a year in Venice where he concentrated on etchings and…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) San Giorgio Maggiore 1908 Oil on canvas, 59.2 x 81.2 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff Between October and December 1908, Monet and his wife Alice visited Venice, where they stayed on the Grand Canal. This composition depicts the…
Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) L’Immortalité (Immortality) 1889 Oil on canvas, 116.2 x 87.3 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff The personification of Immortality holds the palm of victory and scatters flowers onto a tomb inscribed ‘DELACROIX’. Behind, the towers of Notre Dame Cathedral…
Derain, André (1880-1954) L’église de Vers (The Church at Vers) 1912 Oil on canvas, 65.5 x 92.3 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff See also: • Vers, Lot (France)
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) San Giorgio e il drago (Saint George and the Dragon) c.1555 Oil on canvas, 158.3 × 100.5 cm National Gallery, London Saint George plunges his lance into the jaws of the dragon which, according to legend, inhabited the…
Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) La Punta della Dogana con S. Maria della Salute (Venice: The Punta della Dogana with S. Maria della Salute) c.1770 Oil on canvas, 56.2 × 75.9 cm National Gallery, London The huge dome of the church of S.…
Constable, John (1776-1837) The Cornfield 1826 Oil on canvas, 143 × 122 cm National Gallery, London A boy has paused from the thirsty work of herding sheep at noon to lie flat on the bank of a pool and drink its…
Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Les Andelys, Côte d’Aval 1886 Oil on canvas, 60 × 92 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This view of the harbor of Les Andelys, a village on the Seine River near Giverny, France, is part of Paul…
Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Man in Prayer c.1485 Oil on panel, 34.9 × 26.6 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Hans Memling probably worked with Rogier van der Weyden in Brussels before settling in Bruges in 1465. Van der Weyden was well known for his exquisite devotional diptychs, and Memling was influenced by his work,…