Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Jeune femme cousant dans un jardin (Young woman sewing in a garden) 1880–1882 Oil on canvas, 92.5 x 65 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Jeune femme cousant dans un jardin (1880-1882)
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The Yellow Room (c.1883-1884)
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) The Yellow Room c.1883–1884 Watercolor and gouache on paperboard, 24.8 × 17.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The Yellow Room is among Whistler’s most accomplished watercolors, a harmonious “arrangement” of violet and yellow, dating…
La Cena de Emaús (1622-1623)
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) La Cena de Emaús (The Supper at Emmaus) 1622–1623 Oil on canvas, 123.2 x 132.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This painting depicts the moment after the Resurrection when Jesus is recognized by two disciples as…
I primi frutti della terra offerti a Saturno (1555-1556)
Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) I primi frutti della terra offerti a Saturno (The First Fruits of the Earth Offered to Saturn) 1555–1556 Pen, ink and chalk, 17.2 x 39.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The drawing, surely from the hand…
Nu couché (1928)
Valadon, Suzanne (1865-1938) Nu couché (Reclining Nude) 1928 Oil on cardboard, 60 x 80.48 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Suzanne Valadon posed as a model for the artists Renoir, Degas, and Toulouse-Lautrec before she began painting herself in 1893.…
Le moulin de Sannois (1912)
Utrillo, Maurice (1883-1955) Le moulin de Sannois (The Windmill at Sannois) 1912 Oil on cardboard, 53.7 × 73 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In the spring of 1912 Utrillo was admitted to an institution in Sannois, on the outskirts…
Moulin Rouge: La Goulue (1891)
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) Moulin Rouge: La Goulue 1891 Lithograph, 190 x 116.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York When the brassy dance hall and drinking garden of the Moulin Rouge opened on the boulevard de Clichy in 1889, one…
En plein soleil (c.1881)
Tissot, James (1836-1902) En plein soleil (In Full Sunlight) c.1881 Oil on wood, 24.8 x 35.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Cascading sunlight illuminates the colorful open parasol and beribboned hats of the group lounging on the grass. This…
Le Thé (1872)
Tissot, James (1836-1902) Le Thé (Tea) 1872 Oil on wood, 66 x 47.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York When Tissot moved to London in 1871, he immersed himself in the local scene, with work for Vanity Fair and genre…
Matin de printemps (c.1875)
Tissot, James (1836-1902) Matin de printemps (Spring Morning) c.1875 Oil on canvas, 55.9 x 42.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The light on this spring day is so bright that the woman shields her eyes from the glare. She…