Category: Museums

Caravaggio (Italy, 1571–1610) David with the Head of Goliath oil on canvas 200 x 100 cm (78.7 x 39.3 in.) painted circa 1609–1610 Collection of Galleria Borghese, Rome Caravaggio (Italy, 1571–1610) David with the Head of Goliath oil on poplar wood 91.2 x 116.2 cm. (35.9 x 45.7 in.) painted circa 1600-1601 The 17th-century Baroque ...

Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) The Lady with an Ermine (Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani) oil and tempera on panel 54.8 x 40.3 cm. (21.5 x 15.8 in.) painted circa 1489 Collection of Czartoryski Museum, Kraków, Poland This portrait by Leonardo da Vinci was commissioned by the Duke of Milan, Ludovico Sforza, for whom he worked as ...

Louvre Museum Collection: Exposed the very first time masterpieces by Italian Painter Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio: Portrait de femme, en buste, de profil & Portrait de jeune homme, en buste Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio (Italy, 1452-1519) Portrait de femme, en buste, de profil black and red chalk, heightened with white, on blue ocher prepared paper. 44.4 x ...

Louvre Museum Collection: Exposed the very first time masterpieces by Leonardo da Vinci Portrait d’Isabelle d’Este Leonard de Vinci (Italy, 1452-1519) Portrait d'Isabelle d'Este Metallic point, charcoal, sanguine and stump, yellow ocher chalk, heightened with white on the face, throat and hand, on prepared paper. A first trace in black chalk is visible in several parts: ...

Director of the Département des Arts Graphiques at the Louvre Museum Xavier Salmon, Photographer Jean-Baptiste Huynh and his research on Van der Weyden’s drawing Virgin Mary — this unique masterpiece hasn’t been exposed to the public before. Rogier van der Weyden (Netherlands, 1399/1400-1494) Tête de la Vierge (Head of the Virgin) drawing, silver point on ...

Gabrielle d'Estrées (France, 1573-1599) Gabrielle d'Estrées et une de ses soeurs oil on wood 96 × 125 cm. painted around 1575-1600 Collection of École de Fontainebleau, Louvre Museum, Paris, France THE MEANING OF BEAUTY AND THE BEAUTY OF MEANING: THE SECRET BEHIND THE PAINTING This anonymous painting from 1594 has troubled many a visitor to ...

Gustave Courbet (France, 1819-1877) L'Atelier du peintre (The Painter's Studio) oil on canvas 361 cm × 598 cm (142 in × 235 in) painted in 1855 Collection of Musée d'Orsay in Paris, France In this painting of gigantic dimensions (3.61 by 5.98 meters), the realist painter provokes his contemporaries by adopting the format of a ...

Mary Cassatt (America, 1844-1926) Petite fille dans un fauteuil bleu (Little Girl in a Blue Armchair) oil on canvas 89.5 × 129.8 cm (35 1/4 × 51 1/8 in.) painted in 1878 Collection of National Gallery of Art, Washington DC THE SECRET BEHIND THE PAINTING Here's a painting that smells of school vacations, of children ...

A pure art realm at the National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo, Japan.

Musée du Luxembourg Exposition: Léon Monet (1836-1917), the overlooked brother of Claude Monet  (1840-1926), Paris, 15 March 2023 - 15 July 2023. The Musée du Luxembourg is presenting an unprecedented exhibition on Léon Monet (1836-1917), the overlooked brother of Claude Monet (1840-1926). A colour chemist, Rouen-based industrialist and collector, Léon Monet played a key role ...