Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Les Convulsionnaires de Tanger (The Convulsionists of Tangier) 1837–1838 Oil on canvas, 95.57 x 128.59 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Eugène Delacroix was the acknowledged master of the French Romantic school. In 1832, he traveled to North…
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Vue de Tanger (View of Tangier) 1852–1853 Oil on canvas, 45.09 x 54.61 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis This painting once belonged to James J. Hill (1838-1916), the Minnesota railroad magnate whose collection of European paintings forms…
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Noce juive dans le Maroc (Jewish wedding in Morocco) 1839 Oil on canvas, 105 x 140.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Compare: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Noce juive, d’après Delacroix c.1875 Worcester Art Museum, Worcester See also: • Morocco
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Noce juive, d’après Delacroix (The Jewish Wedding, after Eugène Delacroix) c.1875 Oil on canvas, 83.3 x 64.1 cm Worcester Art Museum, Worcester Compare: Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Noce juive dans le Maroc 1839 Musée du Louvre, Paris See…
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) Acteurs de la Comedie-Francaise (Actors of the Comédie-Française) 1711–1712 Oil on panel, 20 × 25 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Watteau was very fond of the play Les trois cousines (The Three Cousins) by Florent Carton, known as Dancourt,…
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) La Rêveuse (The Dreamer) 1712–1714 Oil on panel, 23.2 × 17 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago The traditional title of this small painting, The Dreamer, derives from an engraving made after it, which was intended for sale to…
Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678) The Temptation of the Magdalene c.1616 Oil on panel, 126.2 × 96.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In this half-length biblical painting, an aged woman offering tempting jewels—possibly the proprietor of a brothel—and an angel bestowing spiritual…
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Les Joueurs de dames (The Draught Players) 1859 Oil on poplar panel, 40.3 x 28.6 cm Wallace Collection, London
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Ercole scaccia il Fauno dal letto di Onfale (Hercules Expelling the Faun from Omphale’s Bed) c.1585 Oil on canvas, 112 × 106 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Campin, Robert (c.1378-1444) The Betrothal of the Virgin 1420–1430 Grisaille, Oil on oak panel, 77 x 88 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Two scenes are represented in this work. On the left, in a circular, Romanesque interior covered with a dome, is…