Magritte, René (1898-1967) Le mal du pays (Homesickness) c.1948 Watercolor and gouache on paper, 45.5 x 35.1 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago © 2013 C. Herscovici, London / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Le mal du pays (c.1948)
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La Anunciación (c.1650)
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) La Anunciación (Annunciation) c.1650 Oil on canvas, 183 x 225 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The Archangel Gabriel has descended from the heavens and kneels before Mary to announce the birth of Christ. The Angel holds some white…
Venus del Espejo (1647-1651)
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Venus del Espejo (Venus at her Mirror, The Rokeby Venus) 1647–1651 Oil on canvas, 122.5 x 177 cm National Gallery, London This is the only surviving female nude painted by Velázquez. The subject was rare in seventeenth-century Spain,…
Le tre età dell’uomo (1512-1514)
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Le tre età dell’uomo (The Three Ages of Man) 1512–1514 Oil on canvas, 90 x 150.7 cm Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh This early work depicts the three stages of life: infancy, adulthood and old age. Cupid clambers over the sleeping…
Amor sacro e amor profano (1515-1516)
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Amor sacro e amor profano (Sacred and Profane Love) 1515–1516 Oil on canvas, 118 x 278 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma This work was probably sold to Scipione Borghese in 1608 by Cardinal Paolo Emilio Sfondrati. A veritable interpretative enigma, critics…
Madonna at the Fountain (1439)
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Madonna at the Fountain 1439 Oil on panel, 19 x 12 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp Inscriptions: frame, lower: A XAN/ IOHES DE EYCK ME FECIT + PLEVIT ANO 1439° The Virgin Mary lovingly cradles the…
The Annunciation (c.1434-1436)
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) The Annunciation c.1434–1436 Oil on canvas transferred from panel, 90.2 x 34.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A play and a painting appear to have merged in Jan van Eyck’s dramatic Annunciation, which is rich with…
L’Annonciation (1886-1894)
Tissot, James (1836-1902) L’Annonciation (The Annunciation) 1886–1894 Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, 17 x 21.7 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York According to Luke, an angel appeared to Mary and announced that she would bear the Son of God.…
La Liberté invitant les artistes à participer à la 22e exposition des Indépendants (1905-1906)
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) La Liberté invitant les artistes à participer à la 22e exposition des Indépendants (Liberty Inviting Artists to Take Part in the 22nd Exhibition of the Societe des Artistes Independants) 1905–1906 Oil on canvas, 175 x 118 cm…
Orazione nell’orto (c.1455-1456)
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Orazione nell’orto (Agony in the Garden) c.1455–1456 Egg tempera on wood, 62.9 × 80 cm National Gallery, London Christ is shown in prayer. Aware that his disciple Judas had betrayed him, he left Jerusalem and took refuge in…