Rembrandt (1606-1669) Saint Bartholomew 1657 Oil on canvas, 122.7 x 99.7 cm Timken Museum of Art, San Diego Rembrandt van Rijn is one of the greatest artists of all time and acclaimed for his compelling representations of the human condition. Known…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) The Potato Eaters 1885 Lithograph on paper, 26.5 x 32.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The series on the Potato Eaters, executed in Nuenen in spring 1885, is one of the most significant of Vincent van Gogh’s first…
De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978) Autoritratto nudo (Nude self-portrait) 1945 Oil on canvas, 60.5 x 50 cm Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Roma
Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Les Joueurs d’échecs (The Chess players) c.1863–1867 Oil on wood on canvas, 48 x 55.5 cm Petit Palais, Paris
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Segretario (Secretary) 16th century Oil on canvas, 76 x 66 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires
Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Erasmus of Rotterdam c.1532 Oil on linden panel, 17.6 x 14 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Hans Holbein the Younger was one of the most celebrated portraitists of the sixteenth century. At an…
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Ritratto d’uomo (Portrait of a Man) 1550s Oil on canvas, 112.7 x 88.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York One of Tintoretto’s finest formal portraits, this painting depicts an unknown sitter now believed to be a…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Self-Portrait as an Old Man c.1664 Oil on canvas, 74 x 55 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of an Old Man 1665 Oil on canvas, 104 x 86 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Signed and dated in 1665, this portrait was created towards the end of Rembrandt‘s prolific artistic career, much of which was…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Bust of a Man in Oriental Dress 1633 Oil on oak, 85.8 x 63.8 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich Paintings of individual figures in Holland in the seventeenth century that were neither portraits nor history paintings are called tronies…