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Autoportrait (1899)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Autoportrait (Self-Portrait) 1899 Oil on canvas, 41.4 x 33.7 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown Renoir presents himself in this self-portrait as a mature and confident man. He was in his late fifties and well-established as an artist; the flowered…

Léonard Renoir, le père de l’artiste (1869)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Léonard Renoir, le père de l’artiste (Léonard Renoir, the Artist’s Father) 1869 Oil on canvas, 62.2 x 47 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Painted when the artist was twenty-eight, Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s work represents his seventy year-old father,…

Portrait of Barbara Dürer, née Holper (1490)

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Portrait of Barbara Dürer, née Holper (Porträt der Barbara Dürer, geb. Holper) 1490 Oil on panel, 47.2 x 35.7 cm Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg Diptych of Dürer’s Parents. Companion: Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Portrait of Albrecht Dürer the Elder 1490…

Portrait of Albrecht Dürer the Elder (1497)

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Portrait of Albrecht Dürer the Elder (Bildnis des Albrecht Dürer des Älteren) 1497 Oil on lime, 51 x 40.3 cm National Gallery, London The inscription at the top of this picture tells us the sitter is Dürer’s father, Albrecht…

El aguador de Sevilla (c.1623)

Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) El aguador de Sevilla (The Waterseller of Seville) c.1623 Oil on canvas, 107.7 x 81.3 cm Wellington Museum, London This is one of the most famous early paintings by Velázquez, produced in his home town of Seville when…