Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Deux femmes (Two Women) 1901 or 1902 Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 92.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Gauguin based this formidable composition on a photograph of two women seated side by side on the…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Femmes tahitiennes se baignant (Tahitian Women Bathing) 1892 Oil on paper, laid down on canvas, 111.12 x 89.21 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Dreaming of a paradise where he could “listen to the silence of…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) La Sieste (The Siesta) c.1892–1894 Oil on canvas, 88.9 x 116.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The unaffected grace and communal ease of Tahitian women impressed Gauguin enormously. The artist worked on this painting over…
Bellotto, Bernardo (1721–1780) La fortezza di Königstein (The Fortress of Königstein) 1756–1758 Oil on canvas, 133 x 235.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In the distance, a fortress sits on a rocky plateau below a sky filled with lightly…
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Ritratto di giovane donna (Portrait of a Young Woman) 1580s Oil on canvas, 68.9 x 57.2 cm Private collection
Bronzino (1503-1572) Costanza da Sommaia c.1540 Oil on panel, 43.2 x 28.9 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit See also: • Sommaia, Costanza da
Bronzino (1503-1572) Una giovane donna e il suo bambino (A Young Woman and Her Little Boy) c.1540 Oil on panel, 99.5 x 76 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A woman wearing a crimson-red brocade dress and gold jewelry fills…
Giorgione (c.1477-1510) & Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Venere dormiente (Sleeping Venus) c.1508–1510 Oil on canvas, 108.5 x 175 cm Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden The painting is one of the most famous works of the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister Dresden. It was probably commissioned by…
Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Giudizio di Salomone (The Judgement of Solomon) c.1505 Oil on panel, 89 cm x 72 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Laura 1506 Canvas on (old) spruce wood, 41 × 33.6 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The young lady in a red, fur-lined coat, named after the laurel (lauro) that entails her, is, with the exception of the “Vanitas” in…