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La Coiffure (1894)

Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) La Coiffure (The Hairstyle) 1894 Oil on canvas, 55 x 46 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires In 1893, with the modesty that characterised all her work, Berthe Morisot addressed the subject of hairdressing for…

Mortlake Terrace (1827)

Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Mortlake Terrace 1827 Oil on canvas, 92.1 x 122.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington This painting, one of two views of Mortlake Terrace painted by Turner, is a view from the house, looking directly…

La fortezza di Königstein (1756-1758)

Bellotto, Bernardo (1721–1780) La fortezza di Königstein (The Fortress of Königstein) 1756–1758 Oil on canvas, 133 x 235.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In the distance, a fortress sits on a rocky plateau below a sky filled with lightly…

Ritratto di giovane uomo (1530s)

Bronzino (1503-1572) Ritratto di giovane uomo (Portrait of a Young Man) 1530s Oil on wood, 95.6 x 74.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The identity of this arrogant young man is unknown, but he must have belonged to…

Sacra Famiglia Benson (c.1500)

Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Sacra Famiglia Benson (The Holy Family) c.1500 Oil on panel transferred to hardboard, 37.3 x 45.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington An old man and a young woman holding an infant are seated together in the center…

Les Amants (1928)

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…