Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Jeune fille au corsage à pois (Girl with a Polka-Dot Blouse) 1919 Oil on canvas, 115.6 x 73 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia A thin paint surface and clean, decisive lines characterize this portrait of a young woman. The…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Jeune fille rousse en robe de soir (Redheaded Girl in Evening Dress) 1918 Oil on canvas, 116 × 73 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Modigliani‘s portrait of an unidentified sitter, with her vivid hair and strapless dress, suggests how…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Fillette sur un banc (Young Girl on a Bench) 1880 Oil on canvas, 61.6 x 50.5 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia The young girl depicted in this portrait was the daughter of one of Manet‘s acquaintances in the Parisian…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) En été, la Bohémienne (In Summer, the Bohemian) 1868 Oil on canvas, 85 x 59 cm Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin See also: • Tréhot, Lise (1848-1922)
Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) L’Âge d’airain (The Age of Bronze) modeled 1876, cast c.1906 Bronze, 182.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Rodin’s breakout sculpture, The Age of Bronze caused a critical scandal for its extreme naturalism and ambiguous subject matter.…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Marguerite 1906–1907 Oil on canvas, 65.1 x 54 x 2 cm Musée Picasso, Paris See also: • Matisse, Marguerite (1894-1982)
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Ritratto di giovane (Portrait of a Young Man) c.1565 Oil on canvas, 115 x 85 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano This painting, with its chequered history of attributions, can be dated c. 1565 thanks to a comparison…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Testa di giovane donna (Head of a Young Lady) 1915 Oil on canvas, 46 x 38 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano
Guercino (1591-1666) Mezza figura di giovane con profilo verso destra (Half figure of young man, right profile) c.1628 Pencil on paper, 200 x 145 mm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano
Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Jeune femme se poudrant (Young Woman Powdering Herself) 1888–1890 Oil on canvas, 95.5 x 79.5 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London In this particular painting, Young Woman Powdering Herself, the modulation of light and shadow on the…