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Title Russian Prisoner of War (Grigori Kladjishuli) Artist Egon Schiele Date 1916; Vienna, Austria Medium watercolor,paper Current Location Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, US A piercing gaze. A stiff green uniform. A history far heavier than the paper it’s…
Jacopo Ligozzi’s “Ideal Profile of a Young Woman” – A Renaissance Enigma Jacopo Ligozzi (1547 Verona – 1627 Florence), a master of the late Renaissance, was renowned for his meticulous attention to detail and his ability to blend scientific observation…
Text by Vincent DeLuise Author, Educator, Musician at amusicalvision.blogspot.com, Cultural Ambassador, Waterbury Symphony Orchestra Artist: Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (c. 1488/90 Pieve di Cadore, Republic of Venice – Died 27 August 1576 (aged 87–88) Venice, Republic of Venice) Title: Portrait of a Man in a Red Cap…
Text by Vincent DeLuise Author, Educator, Musician at amusicalvision.blogspot.com, Cultural Ambassador, Waterbury Symphony Orchestra Artist : Francisco Goya Title : Señora Sabasa Garcia Date : c. 1806/1811 , Dimensions : overall: 71 x 58 cm (27 15/16 x 22 13/16 in.), framed: 94.6 x 81.3 x…
Artist Titian (1490–1576) Title Portrait of Cardinal Filippo Archinto Date 1558 Medium oil on canvas Dimensions height: 114.8 cm (45.1 in); width: 88.7 cm (34.9 in) Collection Philadelphia Museum of Art There’s something eerie about Archbishop Filippo Archinto’s portrait. If you’ve…
Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger Title: Portrait of Charles de Solier, Sieur de Morette Date : 1534–1535 Medium : chalk, pastel and India ink Location : Kupferstich-Kabinett, Dresden Few artists in the history of portraiture can rival the precision, psychological…
Artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder Year 1565 Type Pen and ink on brown paper Dimensions 25.5 cm × 25.1 cm (10.0 in × 9.9 in) Location Albertina, Vienna There’s something quietly unnerving about looking at a Bruegel painting. You start with a smile — the peasants dancing,…
Artist Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947) Title Self-portrait in the mirror of the bathroom Date before 1947 Medium oil on panel Dimensions height: 73 cm (28.7 in) ; width: 51 cm (20 in) Collection Musée national d’Art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris “The artist who paints…
Artist: Dora Carrington (1893-1932) Title: Lytton Strachey (1880-1932), Critic and biographer; son of Sir Richard Strachey. Date: 1916 Medium/Technique: oil on panel Dimensions: 20 in. x 24 in. (508 mm x 609 mm) Location: National Portrait Gallery, London Standing before Portrait of…
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