Raffaello (1483-1520) Ritratto di papa Giulio II (Portrait of Pope Julius II) 1511 Oil on poplar, 108.7 x 81 cm National Gallery, London This portrait of Pope Julius II (1443–1513) is usually dated to the one-and-a-half-year period during which he wore…
Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Erasmus 1523 Oil on wood, 73.6 x 51.4 cm National Gallery, London On loan from Longford Castle collection, © Longford Castle Collection Erasmus (1466/9 – 1536) was one of the most famous writers of his day…
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Une Mendiante romaine (A Roman Beggar Woman) 1857 Oil on canvas, 100.3 x 75.2 cm Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham
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…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Autoportrait (Self-Portrait) 1910 Oil on canvas, 45.7 x 38.1 cm Private collection
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Autoportrait au chapeau blanc (Self-Portrait with White Hat) 1910 Oil on canvas, 42 x 33 cm Private collection
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,…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Portrait de la mère de Renoir (Portrait of Renoir’s Mother) 1860 Oil on canvas, 45 x 38 cm Private collection See also: • Merlet, Marguerite (1807-1896)
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…
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…