Martini, Simone (c.1284-1344) Gesù che porta la croce (The Carrying of the Cross) 2nd quarter of the 14th century Tempera on gold background on poplar, 300 x 205 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Modern gold background. On the reverse, trompe l’oeil…
Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) The Virgin and Child with two Angels 1480–1490 Oil on panel, 36 x 26 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The Virgin appears seated in a walled garden, an allusion to the hortus conclusus or enclosed garden, which symbolizes…
Gentileschi, Artemisia (1593-c.1653) Autoritratto come allegoria della Pittura (Self-portrait as the Allegory of Painting) 1638–1639 Oil on canvas, 98.6 x 75.2 cm Royal Collection, Buckingham Palace, London Artemisia Gentileschi was invited to London in 1638 by Charles I, and probably produced this…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Jeune femme lisant un journal illustré (Young Woman Reading an Illustrated Journal) c.1880 Oil on canvas, 46.4 x 55.9 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
Gentileschi, Orazio (1563-1639) Riposo nella fuga in Egitto (The Rest on the Flight into Egypt) c.1620 Oil on canvas, 175.6 × 218 cm National Gallery, London On loan from Birmingham Museums Trust on behalf of Birmingham City Council. Compare: Gentileschi, Orazio…
Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Portrait de Renoir (Portrait of Renoir) 1867 Oil on canvas, 40.5 x 32.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Born to a wealthy family in Montpellier, France, Bazille came to Paris to study medicine and provided crucial financial…
Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Paysage avec un homme tué par un serpent (Landscape with a Man killed by a Snake) probably 1648 Oil on canvas, 118.2 x 197.8 cm National Gallery, London A man has been crushed by a snake and lies…
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Jeune femme au divan (Girl on a Divan) c.1885 Oil on canvas, 61 x 50.2 cm Tate Britain, London The artist’s grandson Denis Rouart writes (9 October 1969): ‘This painting was sold by my mother direct to Vollard…
Legros, Alphonse (1837-1911) Femmes en prière (Women in Prayer) 1888 Oil on canvas, 133.5 × 177 cm Tate Britain, London
Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910) The Shadow of Death 1873–1874 Oil on panel, 104.5 x 82 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This minutely detailed painting depicts the young Jesus stretching after his day’s labor in his father’s carpentry shop. His mother,…