Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Vue dans la forêt de Fontainebleau (View in the Forest of Fontainebleau) 1855 Oil on canvas, 82 x 102 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam See also: • Forêt de Fontainebleau (France)
Vue dans la forêt de Fontainebleau (1855)
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Portrait of a Couple (c.1622)
Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) Portrait of a Couple (Probably Isaac Abrahamsz Massa and Beatrix van der Laen) c.1622 Oil on canvas, 140 x 166.5 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam This happy, smiling pair sits comfortably close to each other. Posing a couple together in…
Adoration of the Magi (2nd half of the 16th century)
Brueghel, Pieter the Younger (1564-1638) Adoration of the Magi 2nd half of the 16th century Oil on canvas, 36 x 56 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Peter Brueghel the Younger based this painting on a work by his father, the great…
Signal of Distress (1890-1896)
Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) Signal of Distress 1890–1896 Oil on canvas, 62 x 98 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Following a period spent on the English North Coast, Winslow Homer returned to the United States and settled on the equally cold and inhospitable…
Le port de l’Estaque (1906)
Braque, Georges (1882-1963) Le port de l’Estaque (The Harbour at L’Estaque) 1906 Oil on canvas, 60.5 x 73 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen The painting of the small town of L’Estaque in the Bay of Marseille depicts the landscape as a…
Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee (1596)
Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee 1596 Oil on copper, 26.6 x 35 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Jan Brueghel belonged to a dynasty of painters whose first outstanding member was Pieter Bruegel, Jan’s…
The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16 October 1834 (1835)
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16 October 1834 1835 Oil on canvas, 92 x 123.2 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Fire consumed London’s famous Houses of Parliament on the night of…
Étude pour “Une baignade à Asnières” (c.1883-1884)
Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Étude pour “Une baignade à Asnières” (Study for “Bathers at Asnières”) c.1883–1884 Oil on wood panel, 32 x 41 x 5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Seurat’s approach to painting differed greatly from the Impressionist painters who…
Le Port d’Anvers (1906)
Braque, Georges (1882-1963) Le Port d’Anvers (The Port of Antwerp) 1906 Oil on canvas, 49.8 x 61.2 cm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Georges Braque worked in several distinct styles during his career; this painting is characteristic of his Fauve period. In…
Le Port d’Anvers (1905)
Braque, Georges (1882-1963) Le Port d’Anvers (Antwerp Harbor) 1905 Oil on canvas, 45.7 x 61 cm Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel See also: • Antwerp (Belgium)