Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Orion aveugle à la recherche du soleil levant (Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun) 1658 Oil on canvas, 119.1 x 182.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Classical myth provided Poussin with a pretext for one…
Post, Frans (1612-1680) A Brazilian Landscape 1650 Oil on wood, 61 x 91.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York From 1630 to 1654, the Dutch Republic maintained a colony in the north of Brazil. Post accompanied the governor to the…
Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899) Biches et cerf au repos (Deer in Repose) 1867 Oil on canvas, 101 × 82.2 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit
Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899) La foire aux chevaux (The Horse Fair) 1852–1855 Oil on canvas, 244.5 x 506.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This, Bonheur’s best-known painting, shows the horse market held in Paris on the tree-lined Boulevard de l’Hôpital, near…
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Les petits nids d’oiseaux (The Little Bird Nesters) 1873–1874 Oil on canvas, 66 x 90 cm Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus
Gentileschi, Artemisia (1593-c.1653) Betsabea (Bathsheba) c.1636–1637 Oil on canvas, 265.4 x 209.5 cm Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Saule pleureur (Weeping Willow) 1918 Oil on canvas, 131 x 110.3 cm Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) L’Île aux Orties, Giverny (The Seine at Giverny) 1897 Oil on canvas Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia Compare: Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Île aux Orties près de Vernon 1897 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York See also: • Île…
Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780) Capriccio con arco romano (Capriccio with a Roman Arch) c.1745 Oil on canvas, 58.4 x 91.4 cm Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia
De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) Helen of Troy 1898 Oil on canvas, 124 x 73.8 cm De Morgan Collection