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Prose (1879)

Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) Prose 1879 Oil on wood panel National Museum Wales, Cardiff Pair: Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) Poetry 1879 National Museum Wales, Cardiff    

Poetry (1879)

Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) Poetry 1879 Oil on wood panel National Museum Wales, Cardiff Pair: Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) Prose 1879 National Museum Wales, Cardiff    

Una taza de agua y una rosa (c.1630)

Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Una taza de agua y una rosa (A Cup of Water and a Rose) c.1630 Oil on canvas, 21.2 × 30.1 cm National Gallery, London In this small and intimate painting – it only measures around 20 by…

Santa Margarita de Antioquía (1630-1634)

Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Santa Margarita de Antioquía (Saint Margaret of Antioch) 1630–1634 Oil on canvas, 163 × 105 cm National Gallery, London The fourth-century saint Margaret was said to come from the city of Antioch. Her father, a pagan priest, cast…

San Francisco en meditación (1635-1639)

Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Francisco en meditación (Saint Francis in Meditation) 1635–1639 Oil on canvas, 152 × 99 cm National Gallery, London This is one of Zurbarán’s most austere and intensely spiritual works. He shows Saint Francis in a moment of…

San Francisco en meditación (1639)

Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Francisco en meditación (Saint Francis in Meditation) 1639 Oil on canvas, 162 × 137 cm National Gallery, London In this moving painting, Saint Francis is shown meditating in a landscape. His cowl (or hood) is pulled…

Scène de plage (c.1869-1870)

Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Scène de plage (Beach Scene) c.1869–1870 Oil (essence) on paper on canvas, 47.5 × 82.9 cm National Gallery, London A maid combs the hair of a girl who has been swimming; her bathing suit is stretched out on…