Magritte, René (1898-1967) Les Amants (The Lovers) 1928 Oil on canvas, 54 x 73.4 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York In this unsettling image—the first in a series of four variations of Les Amants that Magritte painted in 1928—the…
Les Amants (1928)
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Madame Gautreau (1891)
Courtois, Gustave (1853-1923) Madame Gautreau 1891 Oil on canvas, 106 x 58.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Avegno Gautreau, Virginie Amélie (1859–1915)
Madame Gautreau Drinking a Toast (1882-1883)
Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Madame Gautreau Drinking a Toast 1882–1883 Oil on wood, 32 x 41 cm Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston Madame Pierre Gautreau, born Virginie Avegno (1859–1915), was Madame X, the statuesque sitter in Sargent’s most notorious portrait…
Orphée ramenant Eurydice des enfers (1861)
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Orphée ramenant Eurydice des enfers (Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld) 1861 Oil on canvas, 112.7 x 137.2 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Camille sur son lit de mort (1879)
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Camille sur son lit de mort (Camille on her Deathbed) 1879 Oil on canvas, 90 x 68 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Doncieux, Camille (1847-1879)
La Promenade ou La Femme à l’ombrelle (1875)
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La Promenade ou La Femme à l’ombrelle (The Walk, or Woman with a Parasol – Madame Monet and Her Son) 1875 Oil on canvas, 100 x 81 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington With Manet‘s assistance, Monet…
La Source (1875)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Source (The Source) 1875 Oil on canvas, 131 x 77.5 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia The model here is Henriette Henriot, an actress who posed frequently for Renoir during his impressionist years. Renoir captures her in a…
Madame Henriot (c.1876)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Madame Henriot c.1876 Oil on canvas, 65.8 x 49.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Henriot, Henriette (1857-1944)
Tilla Durieux (1914)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Tilla Durieux (Ottilie Godeffroy, 1880-1971) 1914 Oil on canvas, 92.1 x 73.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In July 1914, just prior to the outbreak of World War I, the famous German actress Tilla Durieux…
The Holy Family (1633-1635)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) The Holy Family c.1633–1635 Oil on canvas, 183.5 x 123 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich Rembrandt presents this touching gathering of the Holy Family in the carpenter’s workshop in a monumental genre painting with almost life-sized figures that has…