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
Orphée ramenant Eurydice des enfers (1861)
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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…
Young Woman in Fantasy Costume (1633)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Young Woman in Fantasy Costume 1633 Oil on panel, 65 x 48 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam This young woman’s clothing does not reflect the fashion of Rembrandt’s day, but dates from earlier centuries. That suggests this is a tronie,…
Saskia van Uylenburgh, the Wife of the Artist (1634-1640)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Saskia van Uylenburgh, the Wife of the Artist probably begun 1634/1635 and completed 1638/1640 Oil on panel, 60.5 x 49 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington After learning the fundamentals of drawing and painting in his native Leiden, Rembrandt van Rijn went…
Odysseus and Calypso (c.1680)
Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711) Odysseus and Calypso c.1680 Oil on canvas, 125 x 94 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam The Greek poet Homer recounts how the heroic warrior Odysseus found refuge on the island of the nymph Calypso. The Trojan War is over:…