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mediumaevum: Limbourg Brothers: ‘October’, in: Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (15th century) If you are interested in all the details shown, read this lovely, short description on The World According to Art
artstoria:The Kiss, Auguste Rodin, 1887 terracotta
alongtimealone: George Douglas Haig, “Leaderfoot, Scottish Borders”, 1963, Oil on canvas, 71.1 x 91.4 cm, Collection: City of Edinburgh Council
Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari, called il Veronese, 1528-1588), Portrait of Daniele Barbaro, 1561-65; oil on canvas, 121 x 106 cm. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam “Architect, writer and commentator, Daniele Barbaro (1514-1570) worked to an Italian translation
artmastered: Albrecht Dürer, The Seven Sorrows of the Virgin, c.1496, oil on panel, 109 x 43 cm, Alte Pinakothek, Munich, and Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden. Source The Seven Sorrows of the Virgin was Dürer’s first altarpiece. He was paid
the-paintrist: master-painters: János Thorma - Portrait of Irén Bilcz - 1892 János Thorma (24 April 1870 – 5 December 1937) was a Hungarian painter. A representative figure of the Nagybánya artists’ colony, which started in 1896 at what is today
dappledwithshadow: Vincent van GoghThe Seine with a Rowing BoatOil on canvas55.0 x 65.0 cm.Paris: Spring, 1887
kundst: Guido Cagnacci (Ital. 1601 – 1663) David with the Head of Goliath Gagnacci was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, belonging to the Forlì painting school and to the Bolognese School.
sulphuriclike:Oskar ZwintscherBildnis einer Dame mit Zigarette, 1904 Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
Richard Diebenkorn (American, 1922-1993), Berkeley #57, 1955; oil on canvas, 149 x 149 cm; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)
thunderstruck9: Einar Jolin (Swedish, 1890-1976), Room Interior, 1929. Oil on canvas on panel, 65 x 54 cm. via huariqueje
mimicacomica: fuckyeahrenaissanceart: Portrait of a Flautist with One Eye, Unknown École française, Portrait d'un flûtiste borgne, 1566, 62x50 cm. Musée du Louvre“Le musicien tient une flûte traversière, dite d’Allemagne. Il s’agit peut-être
lionofchaeronea:The Magdalen in a Landscape, Adriaen Isenbrandt, ca. 1510-25
Masaccio (1401-1428), Polittico di Pisa (Pisa Altarpiece), 1426. Upper register - Saint Paul of Tarsus, tempera on gold ground and wood panel, 51x30 cm; Museo Nazionale di San Matteo, Pisa
lilithsplace:‘A village street’, 1937 - Jan van Der Zee (1898–1988)
artandopinion: Summer, Montclair 1887 George Inness
shear-in-spuh-rey-shuhn: Joseph CrawhallLandscape With Cattle, 1885Oil on canvas Height: 43 cm (16.93 in.), Width: 57.8 cm (22.76 in.)
jagkanbliintetal:Per Kirkeby (Danish, 1938-2018), Skowhegan V, 1991. Oil on canvas, 117 x 96.5 cm.
philamuseum: This 15th century depiction of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino rescuing a shipwreck was an unusual—though appropriate—addition to the “Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism” exhibition at MoMA in 1936.“Saint Nicholas of Tolentino Saving
speciesbarocus:Workshop of Rogier van der Weyden - The Dream of Pope Sergius (c. 1430).
thunderstruck9:Hubert Malfait (Belgian, 1898-1971), Nature morte à la cruche, bol et pain [Still life with jug, bowl and bread], 1934. Canvas, 67 x 50.5 cm.
spanishbaroqueart: Diego Velázquez Saint Rufina, 1629-32 Centro Velázquez (Fundación Focus-Abengoa), Seville Justa and her sister Rufina, patron saints of the city of Seville, were daughters of a potter, and both were martyred for refusing to allow
Jan van Eyck (Netherlandish, circa 1390-1441), The Annunciation, circa 1434-36; oil on canvas transferred from panel, painted surface: 90.2 x 34.1 cm; National Gallery of Art, WashingtonThe painting, originally a panel, was probably the left (inner)
lionofchaeronea:Still Life with Kettle, Paul Cézanne, 1867-69
thunderstruck9:Emil Filla (Czech, 1882-1953), Still life with dead bird, 1924. Oil and sand on canvas, 100 x 74.93 cm.
magictransistor:Romare Bearden. Card Players. 1982.
lionofchaeronea:King Aegeus of Athens consults the goddess Themis (Natural Law). Tondo of an Attic red-figure kylix, attributed to the Codros Painter; ca. 440-430 BCE. Found at Vulci; now in the Altes Museum, Berlin.
kundst:Ubaldo Oppi (It. 1889-1942) Artist and Model (Self-Portrait), 1920
thunderstruck9:Richard Diebenkorn (American, 1922-1993), Two Women at Table, 1963. Oil on canvas, 36 x 30 in.
scandinaviancollectors:ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, Giacometti in his studio with plaster models, 1952. Photography by Gordon Parks (The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images). / Biography
last-picture-show:Amedeo Modigliani, Ritratto di Bambina ( Portrait of a little Girl), 1917
elegantiaearbiter:Monument to Doge Francesco Foscari, by Niccolò di Giovanni Fiorentino, Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice. Niccolò di Giovanni Fiorentino (circa 1418 - 1506) was an Italian sculptor and architect active in Venice (until
peira: Erich Heckel: Fronleichnamstag in Brügge (1914)
wasbella102: Rembrandt Van Rijn: Man in a Golden Helmet c. 1650
Palma Vecchio (Italian: Jacopo Palma il Vecchio, circa 1480-1528), Portrait of a Poet, circa 1516; oil on canvas transferred from wood, 83 x 63 cm; National Gallery, London“The painting has been supposed to represent a poet because the figure holds
guggenheim-art: Achrome by Piero Manzoni, 1962, Guggenheim Museum Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation Hannelore B. and Rudolph B. Schulhof Collection, bequest of Hannelore B. Schulhof, 2012 © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SIAE, RomeMedium:
givemesomesoma: Dirck Van Baburen St Sebastian Attended by St Irene and Her Maid c. 1615 Oil on canvas, 169 x 128 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
amare-habeo: Raymond Grandjean (French, 1929-2006) Composition Rouge, 1968
magictransistor:Pablo Picasso, La femme au chapeau vert (The woman with the green hat), 1939.
bvlgaria: Clementine, Maartje, Vanessa, Grace and Hedvig by Michal Pudelka Valentino S/S 2015 Ad Campaign
dailyartjournal:Hans Hofmann
thorsteinulf:Samuel John Peploe - Interior with a Japanese Print (c.1915)
elegantiaearbiter:Miracle of the Miser’s Heart, whole and detail of the Miser, by Sante Lombardo, Cappella di Sant’Antonio, Basilica di Sant’Antonio di Padova, Padua.
herzogtum-sachsen-weissenfels:Kees van Dongen (Dutch, 1877-1968), The Parakeet, c. 1910. Oil on canvas, 81 x 65.2 cm.
lilithsplace: ‘Peupliers Au Bord De L’Eau’, 1860-65 – Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796–1875) Poplars on the water’s edge | source:
fuckyeahrenaissanceart:Il Bronzino - Portrait of Maria, daughter of Cosimo I de Medici ca.1550
laflaneuse8: Pablo Picasso, Portrait of Dora Maar, 1936
omahyramotafanclub:Kristen Mcmenamy by Philip-Lorca Dicorcia for W Magazine, 1997.
last-picture-show:Willy Ronis, Venice, 1959
museumaddictsanonymous:Hans Holbein the Younger, Lais Corinthiaca, 1526
bytaleorhistory: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Interior with Nude Woman and Man, 1909
deadsunflower-blog:Antonio López, Bathroom (1969).
peira:Edvard Munch: Summer Night. Inger at the Beach (1889) via The Athenaeum
bestiarionostalgico:Théodore Géricault, Head of a Lion, c 1820-21
arthistoryftw: Titian Man with a glove c. 1520 Musée du Louvre, Paris
Antonello da Messina (Italian, ca. 1430 - 1479), Saint Jerome in his Study, ca. 1475; oil on lime, 45.7 x 36.2 cm; National Gallery, London
jinxproof: Ava MoosaviLove Magazine (F/W 2018)ph. Mert & Marcus
les-immersions: Peter Blake - Sur le balcon Peter Blake (English, born 25 June 1932), On the Balcony (1955-57); oil on canvas, 121 x 90 cm, Tate Gallery
a-state-of-bliss:Vogue Paris Feb 2000 - Malgosia Bela by Ruven Afanador
lionofchaeronea: Self-Portrait of the Artist and His First Wife, Isabella Brant, in the Honeysuckle Bower, Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1609 Happy birthday to Peter Paul Rubens, born on this date in 1577. June 28th