Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) The Rainbow Landscape c.1636 Oil on oak panel, 135.6 x 235 cm Wallace Collection, London
The Rainbow Landscape (c.1636)
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Head of a young woman with downcast eyes (1872)
Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) Head of a young woman with downcast eyes 1872 Pencil on paper, 25.3 x 17.8 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
The Coronation of Aesculapius (s.d.)
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) The Coronation of Aesculapius s.d. Crayon Conté, pencil and black chalk, 24.2 x 33.7 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
The Siesta, or Pompeian Scene (1868)
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) The Siesta, or Pompeian Scene 1868 Oil on canvas, 130 x 369 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid A domestic scene set in classical antiquity. An old man and a youth recline on divans while an attractive young woman…
Bords de riviere ou Les oies (1897)
Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) Bords de riviere ou Les oies (The River Bank or Geese) 1897 Lithograph Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland
Budding Sycamore (1875)
Ruskin, John (1819-1900) Budding Sycamore 1875 Black and gray wash, gouache, and graphite, 34.8 x 44.8 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland This drawing was used as an illustration in John Ruskin‘s manual on drawing, Rudimentary Studies. The most influential art…
Study for “Venus Verticordia” (c.1864)
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Study for “Venus Verticordia” c.1864 Pencil Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland
Peacock and Dragon (1878)
Morris, William (1834-1896) Peacock and Dragon 1878 Weft-faced compound twill; wool, 206.6 x 174.7 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Morris sought to produce textiles that could function as he imagined medieval wall hangings had, bringing warmth to stone-cold rooms. Boldly…
Helmet Head (1952)
Moore, Henry (1898-1986) Helmet Head 1952 Bronze, 16.5 x 10.2 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland British sculptor Henry Moore is known for his abstract bronze sculptures that evoke the human form. This small bronze sculpture is one of many “helmet…
Aeneas Shown the Body of Pallas from Virgil’s “Aeneid” (1843)
Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) Aeneas Shown the Body of Pallas from Virgil’s “Aeneid” 1843 Pen and black ink on original mount, 36.1 x 48.7 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Inscribed, original mount, lower right, in black ink: J. E. Millais…