Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Le Moulin de la Galette c.1840–1845 Oil on paper mounted on canvas, 25.5 x 33.8 cm Musée d’art et d’histoire, Genève This canvas is among the rare Parisian views painted by Corot. It represents “Le Radet”, a mill built…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Jeune fille lisant (Reading Girl) 1880 Oil on canvas, 57 x 47.5 cm Städel Museum, Frankfurt Renoir, like all Impressionists, was interested in motifs from everyday life. This way he could show his models in private moments: by concentrating…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Rue Saint-Denis, Fête du 30 juin 1878 (Rue Saint-Denis, Celebration of 30th June 1878) c.1878 Oil on canvas, 76 x 52 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen The subject of this painting is the first official national celebration to take…
Correggio (c.1489-1534) Danae c.1531 Oil on canvas, 161 x 193 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma Together with Leda, Ganymede Abducted by the Eagle, and Jupiter and Io, this painting forms part of a well-known series of Jupiter’s loves, painted by Correggio for Federico…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Venere che benda Amore (Venus Blindfolding Cupid) c.1560–1565 Oil on canvas, 118 x 185 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma In all likelihood, this painting entered the Borghese Collection in 1608, when it was given to Scipione Borghese by Cardinal Paolo Emilio…
Fontana, Lavinia (1552-1614) Visita della regina di Saba al re Salomone (The Visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon) 1599 Oil on canvas, 256 x 325 cm National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin In 1872, just eight years after first opening…
Soutine, Chaïm (1893-1943) Paysage avec Figures, Céret (Landscape with Figures, Céret) 1922 Oil on canvas, 73 x 54 cm High Museum of Art, Atlanta Chaïm Soutine painted this landscape in the town of Céret in the French Pyrenees mountains, along with about…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Calvaire et église de Nizon, près de Pont-Aven (Calvary and Church at Nizon, near Pont-Aven) c.1893 Oil on canvas, 39.4 cm x 47 cm High Museum of Art, Atlanta In 1879 Renoir spent the summer in the home of…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Jardin en fleurs à Sainte-Adresse (Garden in Bloom in Sainte-Adresse) c.1866 Oil on canvas, 65 x 54.50 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier Work recovered by the Allies in 1945, MNR 216; Deposited by the Musée d’Orsay, 2006. See also: • Sainte-Adresse (France)
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Maisons à Gósol (Houses in Gósol) 1904–1908 Oil on canvas, 54 x 38.5 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen See also: • Gósol (España)