Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) La Bretonnerie dans le département de l’Indre (La Bretonnerie in the Department of Indre) 1856 Oil on canvas, 60.8 x 73.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
La Bretonnerie dans le département de l’Indre (1856)
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La Grotte de la Loue (1864)
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) La Grotte de la Loue (The Cave of the Loue) 1864 Oil on canvas, 98.4 x 130.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Courbet painted events and scenery primarily from his native Ornans, a village in the remote Franche-Comté…
Les Roches Noires à Trouville (1865-1866)
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Les Roches Noires à Trouville (The Black Rocks at Trouville) 1865–1866 Oil on canvas, 50 × 61 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington We stand on a beach lined with black rocks and boulders looking out onto the water…
Mer calme (1866)
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Mer calme (Calm Sea) 1866 Oil on canvas, 54.1 x 63.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Wivenhoe Park, Essex (1816)
Constable, John (1776-1837) Wivenhoe Park, Essex 1816 Oil on canvas, 56.1 x 101.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington We look out onto a landscape with low, grassy hills to the left, a lake to the right, and a brick building in…
The White Horse (1818-1819)
Constable, John (1776-1837) The White Horse 1818–1819 Oil on canvas, 127 x 183 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington This six-foot-wide canvas was something new for a 19th-century artist: it’s a sketch the same size as the final painting (now in the…
A Seascape with Two Sail Boats
Constable, John (1776-1837) A Seascape with Two Sail Boats s.d. Watercolor and graphite on paper, 11.4 x 18 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Paesaggio fluviale (c.1590)
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Paesaggio fluviale (River Landscape) c.1590 Oil on canvas, 88.3 x 148.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington It might be said that with paintings like this one, Annibale Carracci invented the landscape as a subject for Italian baroque…
Madonna che legge (c.1505)
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Madonna che legge (The Virgin Reading) c.1505 Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 78 x 51 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Carpaccio reimagined the Madonna and Child theme when he made this painting. Instead of wearing a traditional…
La fuga in Egitto (c.1515)
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) La fuga in Egitto (The Flight into Egypt) c.1515 Oil on panel, 72 x 111 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Joseph, Mary, and her newborn son, Jesus, have fled Bethlehem and are on the road to Egypt. They…