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 jeune soldat (c.1880)
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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…
Reverend Johannes Elison (1634)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Reverend Johannes Elison 1634 Oil on canvas, 174 x 124.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston The Reverend Johannes Elison was the minister of the Dutch Reformed Church in Norwich, England; his wife, Maria Bockenolle, is represented in…
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…
Philosopher in Meditation (1632)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Philosopher in Meditation 1632 Oil on panel, 28 x 34 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
The Holy Family with St Anne (1640)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) The Holy Family with St Anne 1640 Oil on panel, 41 x 34 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The Christian meaning of the painting has often been obliterated in favor of a purely secular interpretation: for example at…
Still Life with Peacocks (c.1639)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Still Life with Peacocks c.1639 Oil on canvas, 145 x 135.5 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam In Rembrandt’s time, peacocks were eaten by the well-to-do: the meat was incorporated into meat pies, among other dishes. Immediately after being killed, the…
Tobit and Anna with the Kid (1626)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Tobit and Anna with the Kid 1626 Oil on panel, 39.5 x 30 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Interior with Tobit and Anna with the kid. On the left, the old blind Tobit sits with his dog by a fire.…
Parable of the Labourers in the Vineyard (1637)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Parable of the Labourers in the Vineyard 1637 Oil on panel, 31 x 42 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg