Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) The Lady of Shalott 1888 Oil on canvas, 153 x 200 cm Tate Britain, London English poet Alfred Tennyson’s poem ‘The Lady of Shalott’ (1833) describes a heroine confined to a tower and cursed to die…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Chanteuse de rue (Street Singer) c.1862 Oil on canvas, 171.1 x 105.8 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Awkwardly clutching her guitar and a parcel of cherries, a street musician hitches up her skirt to facilitate her…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Victorine Meurent c.1862 Oil on canvas, 42.9 x 43.8 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Victorine-Louise Meurent (1844-1927) was a professional artist’s model and painter in her own right, exhibiting work at the Paris Salon in 1876 and…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Pallade e il Centauro (Pallas and the Centaur) c.1482 Tempera on canvas, 207 x 148 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Like Botticelli’s other paintings with a mythological subject, this work too, showing the young woman armed with a battle…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Ritratto di giovane uomo (Portrait of a Young Man) c.1480–1485 Tempera and oil on wood, 37.5 x 28.3 cm National Gallery, London This apparently simple portrait of a young man was revolutionary in Italian painting. Until this moment, artists…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Ritratto maschile (Portrait of a Young Man) c.1470 Oil on panel, 51 x 33.5 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Ritratto feminile, Bella Simonetta (Portrait of a Young Woman) c.1485 Tempera on panel, 61 x 40.5 cm Galleria Palatina, Firenze The painting is also known by the title “Bella Simonetta”, based on an early identification of the young…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Giovane introdotto fra le Arti Liberali (A Youth Presented to the Liberal Arts) c.1483–1485 Fresco, 237 x 269 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Venere e le tre Grazie offrono doni a una giovane (Venus and the Three Graces Offering Gifts to a Young Lady) c.1483–1485 Fresco, 211 x 283 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris See also: • Albizzi, Giovanna degli (1468-1488)
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Ritratto di giovane uomo (Portrait of a Young Man) c.1482–1485 Tempera on panel, 43.5 x 46.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington This vertical portrait shows the head, shoulders, and chest of a young man with smooth, pale skin…