Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) La Guerre (The War) after 1895 Photomechanical relief print on red coated wove paper, 32.5 × 49.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
La Guerre (after 1895)
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Berges de la Bièvre près de Bicêtre (c.1908-1909)
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Berges de la Bièvre près de Bicêtre (Banks of the Bièvre near Bicêtre) c.1908–1909 Oil on canvas, 54.6 x 45.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Rousseau identified the subject of this painting in a handwritten note, affixed…
Les joueurs de football (1908)
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Les joueurs de football (The Football Players) 1908 Oil on canvas, 100.3 x 81.1 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York Henri Rousseau endured the art-historical misfortune of being a working-class late bloomer—he was a Sunday painter who only began to…
Les artilleurs (c.1893-1895)
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Les artilleurs (Artillerymen) c.1893–1895 Oil on canvas, 80.6 x 100.6 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York Henri Rousseau endured the art-historical misfortune of being a working-class late bloomer—he was a Sunday painter who only began to paint seriously in his…
View of Delft (c.1660-1661)
Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) View of Delft (Gezicht op Delft) c.1660–1661 Oil on canvas, 96.5 x 115.7 cm Mauritshuis, The Hague View of Delft today: This is the most famous cityscape of the Dutch seventeenth century. The interplay of light and shade,…
Diana and her nymphs (c.1653-1654)
Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) Diana and her nymphs (Diana en haar Nimfen) c.1653–1654 Oil on canvas, 97.8 x 104.6 cm Mauritshuis, The Hague Signed lower left, on the rock, between the dog and the thistle: JVMeer VM in ligature Vermeer is best…
Orazione nell’orto (c.1455-1456)
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Orazione nell’orto (Agony in the Garden) c.1455–1456 Egg tempera on wood, 62.9 × 80 cm National Gallery, London Christ is shown in prayer. Aware that his disciple Judas had betrayed him, he left Jerusalem and took refuge in…
Madonna del Prato (c.1500-1505)
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Madonna del Prato (Madonna of the Meadow) c.1500–1505 Oil on synthetic panel, transferred from wood, 66.5 × 85.1 cm National Gallery, London The Virgin Mary adores the Christ Child sleeping on her lap. Giovanni Bellini was one of…
San Francesco in estasi (c.1475-1480)
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) San Francesco in estasi (St Francis in Ecstasy) c.1475–1480 Oil on panel, 124.1 × 140.5 cm Frick Collection, New York Details of Giovanni Bellini’s birth and early life remain largely unknown. He grew up in Venice, his likely…
Il festino degli dei (1514)
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Il festino degli dei (The Feast of the Gods) 1514 Oil on canvas, 170 x 188 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Completed by his disciple, Titian, in 1529 Titian‘s landscape to the left of the painting. Six…