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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…

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…

Le pont à Argenteuil un jour gris (c.1876)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le pont à Argenteuil un jour gris (Bridge at Argenteuil on a Gray Day) c.1876 Oil on canvas, 61 x 80.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington We look across a glimmering river toward docks, about a…

La Croix du Breuil (1923)

Utrillo, Maurice (1883-1955) La Croix du Breuil, rendez-vous de chasse d’Henri IV, Bessines-sur-Gartempe (Haute-Vienne) 1923 Gouache on paper, 36.5 x 46.5 cm Private collection La Croix du Breuil, Bessines-sur-Gartempe. See also: • Bessines-sur-Gartempe (France) | Henri IV, King of France (1553-1610)

Le jeune soldat (c.1880)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Le jeune soldat (The Young Soldier) c.1880 Oil on canvas 54.93 x 33.02 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington

Le Pont Neuf à Paris (1872)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Le Pont Neuf à Paris 1872 Oil on canvas, 75.3 x 93.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington While his figure paintings are better known, Renoir‘s landscapes resonate with a vigor and freshness of vision central to…

Madame Édouard Bernier (1871)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Madame Édouard Bernier 1871 Oil on canvas, 78.1 x 62.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Marie-Octavie Bernier was the wife of the commander of Renoir‘s regiment during the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71). In the spring of…

Anna and the Blind Tobit (c.1630)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Anna and the Blind Tobit c.1630 Oil on oak, 63.8 x 47.7 cm National Gallery, London Even as a young man, Rembrandt was interested in the depiction of old age and aged people. He painted them as if…