Category: Museums

Sandro Botticelli (Italy, c. 1445 - 1510) Nascita di Venere (The Birth of Venus) tempera on canvas 172.5 x 278.9 cm. (67.9 x 109.6 in.) painted circa 1484 - 1486 Collection of Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy

Jan Vermeer (Dutch, 1632-1675) Girl with a Pearl Earring oil on canvas 44.5 x 39 cm. (17.5 x 15 in.) painted circa 1665 Collection of Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands

Gustav Klimt (Austria, 1862-1918) Der Kuss (The Kiss) oil and gold leaf on canvas 180 x 180 cm. (71 x 71 in.) painted around 1907-1908 Collection of Österreichische Galerie Belvedere Museum, Vienna, Austria

Pablo Picasso (Spain, 1881-1973) Guernica oil on canvas 349.3 x 776.6 cm. (137.4 x 305.5 in.) painted in 1937 Collection of Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain

Leonardo da Vinci (Italy, 1452–1519) L'Ultima Cena (The Last Supper) tempera on gesso, pitch, and mastic 460 x 880 cm. (181 x 346 in.) painted circa 1495-1498 Collection of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan

Leonardo da Vinci (Italy, 1452–1519) Joconde (Mona Lisa) oil on poplar panel 77 x 53 cm. (30 x 21 in.) painted circa 1503-1519 Collection of Louvre Museum, Paris, France Mai Trung Thu's La Joconde (Mona Lisa) In Vietnamese art history, Mai Trung Thu discovering and visiting often the original Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci ...

Rosa Bonheur (France, 1822–1899) Labourage nivernais (Ploughing in Nevers) oil on canvas 133 × 260 cm. (52 × 100 in.) painted in 1849 Collection of Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France Rosa Bonheur was an exceptional painter who broke all the codes of her time. She specialized in animal painting, a genre hitherto reserved for men. It ...

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (France, 1864–1901) Jeanne avril dansant (Jane Avril Dancing) Oil on cardboard 85 x 45 cm. (33.46 x 17.71 in.) painted circa 1892 Collection of Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France While Toulouse-Lautrec is accustomed to painting Montmartre cabaret dancers such as La Goulue, Jane here surprises us with the particular movement of her legs, ...

Firm of Peter Carl Fabergé (Russian, ca. 1870-1920) Gatchina Palace Egg gold, enamel, silver-gilt, portrait diamonds, rock crystal and seed pearls executed in 1901 Provenance Acquired by Henry Walters, 1930 Collection of Walters Art Museum Fabergé And The Russian Crafts Tradition: An Empire’s Legacy Gatchina Palace Egg House of Fabergé (Russian, est. 1842) (Manufacturer) Mikhail ...

Jean Simeon Chardin (France, 1699-1779) La raie (The Ray) oil on canvas 114 cm × 146 cm (45 in × 57 in) painted in 1728 Collection of Louvre Museum, Paris, France At the Louvre, there's an enigmatic smile that's almost as successful as the Mona Lisa: Chardin's Stingray. In 1728, Chardin achieved the feat of ...