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San Cristoforo (c.1500)

Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) San Cristoforo (Saint Christopher) c.1500 Pen, ink, brush, wash and gouache on paper, 28.6 x 17.4 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

Double portrait avec chapeau (c.1936-1937)

Maar, Dora (1907-1997) Double portrait avec chapeau (Double Portrait with Hat) c.1936–1937 Gelatin silver print, montage with handwork on negative, 29.8 x 23.8 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Maar sandwiched two negatives of the same model and painted the background and…

Jeux interdits (1935)

Maar, Dora (1907-1997) Jeux interdits (Forbidden Games) 1935 Gelatin silver print, montage, 28 x 21.6 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Maar is hardly alone among Surrealists in making works that suggest or depict sexual practices “forbidden” by society. Photography’s realism…

Soirée à la fenêtre (1884)

Legros, Alphonse (1837-1911) Soirée à la fenêtre (Evening at the Window) 1884 Etching and drypoint Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Alphonse Legros taught for nearly two decades as a professor of fine arts at the Slade School in London and was…

L’aviateur (1920)

Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) L’aviateur (The Aviator) 1920 Oil on canvas, 65 x 92 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland The abstract, circular shapes in this painting suggest the movement of a whirling propeller and infuse the composition with dynamic energy. After…

Antiochus et Stratonice (c.1838)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Antiochus et Stratonice (Antiochus and Stratonice) c.1838 Oil on linen, 48.1 x 63.9 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Struck by a mysterious illness, Antiochus lies in bed near death. His grieving father, who has recently…

Terminus, the Device of Erasmus (c.1532)

Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Terminus, the Device of Erasmus c.1532 Oil on wood, 21.6 x 21.6 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland In the spirit of the Italian Renaissance, Erasmus of Rotterdam (c. 1466–1536), the celebrated Dutch humanist and scholar,…

Il sacrificio di Isacco (1750s)

Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) Il sacrificio di Isacco (The Sacrifice of Isaac) 1750s Oil on canvas, 56.5 x 75.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland This series of paintings predominantly tells the Old Testament story of Abraham and Isaac, and each of…