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La dama col liocorno (1505-1507)

Raffaello (1483-1520) La dama col liocorno (Lady with a Unicorn) 1505–1507 Oil on canvas on panel, 67 x 56 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma The Lady with a Unicorn before the restoration in 1936. Compare with: Raffaello (1483-1520) Busto femminile c.1505–1507 Musée du Louvre, Paris…

La condition humaine (1945)

Magritte, René (1898-1967) La condition humaine (The Human Condition) 1945 Watercolor, crayon over graphite, ink and gouache, 42.20 x 32.20 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland © C. Herscovici, Brussels / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York During World War II, when…

La condition humaine (1933)

Magritte, René (1898-1967) La condition humaine (The Human Condition) 1933 Oil on canvas, 100 x 81 x 1.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Two of Magritte‘s favored themes were the “window painting” and the “painting within a painting.” The Human Condition…

Casa de Nazareth (c.1640)

Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Casa de Nazareth (Christ and the Virgin in the House at Nazareth) c.1640 Oil on canvas, 165 x 218.2 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Stories of Christ’s childhood and adolescence became increasingly popular during the Counter-Reformation…

La lecture (c. 1868)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La lecture (The Reading) c.1868 Oil on canvas, 61 x 73.2 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Koelin-Leenhoff, Léon | Manet, Suzanne

La Fenêtre ouverte, Collioure (1905)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) La Fenêtre ouverte, Collioure (Open Window, Collioure) 1905 Oil on canvas, 55.25 × 46.04 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Matisse‘s Open Window, Collioure is an icon of early modernism. A small but explosive work, it is celebrated…

La fragua de Vulcano (1630)

Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) La fragua de Vulcano (The Forge of Vulcan) 1630 Oil on canvas, 223 x 290 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid A figure suddenly appears on the left in a forge where various blacksmiths are working, dressed in…