Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Scène de plage à Trouville (Beach Scene, Trouville) c.1870–1874 Oil on wood, 18.2 x 46.2 cm National Gallery, London By the mid nineteenth century, the Normandy coastal town Trouville had developed into smart seaside resort, attracting well-to-do holidaymakers…
Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Scène de plage à Trouville (Beach Scene, Trouville) c.1860–1870 Oil on wood, 21.6 x 45.8 cm National Gallery, London This small panel records a bright but cloudy day as a group of well-dressed visitors gather around a flagpole…
Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Plage à Trouville (Beach at Trouville) 1890s Oil on canvas, 35.6 x 58.1 cm National Gallery, London Boudin is best remembered today for his paintings of crowds of affluent holidaymakers on the beaches of Trouville and Deauville, painted…
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) La princesse Pauline de Metternich (Princess Pauline de Metternich) c.1865 Oil on canvas, 41 x 29 cm National Gallery, London Princess Pauline Sander (1836–1921) was the wife of Prince Richard Metternich, the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador at the court…
Guercino (1591-1666) Cristo e l’adultera (The Woman taken in Adultery) c.1621 Oil on canvas, 98.2 x 122.7 cm Dulwich Picture Gallery, London In the Gospel of John – in the New Testament of the Bible, according to the Christian tradition…
Guercino (1591-1666) Santa Cecilia (Saint Cecilia) 1649 Oil on canvas, 121.6 x 100.4 cm Dulwich Picture Gallery, London Saint Cecilia was a third-century Roman martyr according to the Christian tradition. Cecilia undertook a religious vow to remain a virgin, promising…
Guercino (1591-1666) Santa Veronica mostra il velo a San Pietro (Saint Veronica showing the vernicle to St Peter) 1620 Pen and brown ink on paper, 25.9 x 29.6 cm Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Guercino (1591-1666) San Gregorio e Santi (Saint Gregory the Great with Saints Ignatius Loyola and Francis Xavier) c.1625–1626 Oil on canvas, 296 x 211 cm National Gallery, London This altarpiece commemorates one of the most important events of the papacy…
Guercino (1591-1666) Incredulità di san Tommaso (The Incredulity of Saint Thomas) 1621 Oil on canvas, 115.6 x 142.5 cm National Gallery, London The New Testament recounts how, after his crucifixion, Christ rose from the dead and appeared to his apostles.…
Guercino (1591-1666) Presentazione di Gesù al Tempio (Presentation of Jesus in the Temple) 1623 Oil on copper, 72.5 x 65 cm National Gallery, London Mary and Joseph brought the infant Christ, forty days after his birth, to be presented in…