Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le citron (The Lemon) 1880 Oil on canvas, 14 x 22 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Proust, Antonin (1832-1905)
Le citron (1880)
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Lion dévorant un lapin (1853)
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Lion dévorant un lapin (Lion Devouring a Rabbit) 1853 Oil on canvas, 46.5 x 55.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Le déjeuner (1876)
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Le déjeuner (Luncheon) 1876 Oil on canvas, 52 x 75 cm Private collection
Le Bateau jaune (1891)
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Le Bateau jaune (The Yellow Boat) 1891 Oil on canvas, 73 x 92.5 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena The wealthiest member of the Impressionist circle, Caillebotte helped finance the group’s exhibitions and actively collected the work of his…
Woman with a Pearl Necklace (1663-1665)
Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) Woman with a Pearl Necklace (Vrouw met parelsnoer) 1663–1665 Oil on canvas, 56.1 x 47.4 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin SIGNATURE / INSCRIPTION: Inscription on the table top: IVMeer (IVM in ligature) A young woman stands at a table and…
Young Woman seated at a Virginal (c.1672-1675)
Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) Young Woman seated at a Virginal (Zittende virginaalspeelster) c.1672–1675 Oil on canvas, 25.5 x 20.1 cm Private collection, New York This entrancing picture, the only one of Vermeer’s mature works remaining in private hands, captures the quiet joy of…
A Lady writing (c.1665)
Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) A Lady writing (Schrijvende vrouw in het geel) c.1665 Oil on canvas, 45 x 39.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Above all, Johannes Vermeer was a painter of light. In this exquisite painting, diffused light softly illuminates…
Mistress and Maid (c.1666-1667)
Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) Mistress and Maid (Dame en dienstbode) c.1666–1667 Oil on canvas, 90.2 x 78.7 cm Frick Collection, New York Vermeer chose a large canvas for this composition, which presents two women pondering a newly arrived letter. Depicting an interior…
Girl with a Pearl Earring (c.1665)
Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) Girl with a Pearl Earring (Het meisje met de parel) c.1665 Oil on canvas, 44.5 x 39 cm Mauritshuis, The Hague A young woman looks over her shoulder at us. She holds her head slightly to one side,…
The Triumph of Death (1562-1563)
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Triumph of Death 1562–1563 Oil on panel, 117 x 162 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid In this moral work, the triumph of Death over mundane things is symbolized by a large army of skeletons razing…