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…
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…
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,…
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…
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:…
Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Retour de la Terre-Neuvier (Return of the Terre-Neuvier) 1875 Oil on canvas, 73.5 x 100.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Guercino (1591-1666) La Veronica (Saint Veronica) 1600 Oil on canvas, 76.2 x 60.1 cm Fondazione Carige, Genova
Guercino (1591-1666) Santa Veronica mostra il velo a San Pietro (Saint Veronica showing the vernicle to St Peter) 1620 Pen and brown ink on paper, 25.9 x 29.6 cm Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Régates à Sainte-Adresse (Regatta at Sainte-Adresse) 1867 Oil on canvas, 75.2 x 101.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Monet spent the summer of 1867 at Sainte-Adresse, a well-to-do suburb of Le Havre on the Normandy…
Bracquemond, Marie (1840-1916) Sur la terrasse à Sèvres (On the Terrace at Sèvres) 1880 Oil on canvas, 88 x 115 cm Musée du Petit Palais, Genève Sur la terrasse de la villa Brancas avec Henri Fantin-Latour. See also: • Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904)