Category: Old Masters

Pierre Bonnard (France, 1867–1947) Nu dans le bain (Nude in Bathtub) oil on canvas 122.56 × 150.50 cm. (48 x 59 in.) Painted c. 1940-1946 Collection of Carnegie Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, America Pierre Bonnard (France, 1867–1947) Nu dans la baignoire (Nude in Bathtub) oil on canvas 93 × 147 cm. (36.6 x 57.8 in.) Painted ...

Henri Matisse (France, 1869-1954) Nu Bleu: Souvenir de Biskra (Blue Nude: Souvenir de Biskra) oil on canvas 92.1 x 140.3 cm. (36 1/4 x 55 1/4 in.) Painted in 1907 Collection of Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland Detail of Henri Matisse's Nu Bleu: Souvenir de Biskra (Blue Nude: Souvenir de Biskra) In 1906, Matisse ...

Giuseppe Arcimboldo (Italy, 1527–1593) La Primavera (Spring) oil on canvas 76 x 63.5 cm. (29.9 x 25 in.) painted in 1573 Part of a set of four paintings The Four Seasons by Giuseppe Arcimboldo Collection of Louvre Museum, Paris, France A set of four paintings The Four Seasons by Giuseppe Arcimboldo (Italy, 1527–1593) Giuseppe Arcimboldo ...

Jan Vermeer (Dutch, 1632-1675) Vista de Delft (View of Delft) oil on canvas 96.5 x 115.7 cm. (38 x 45.6 in.) painted circa 1660-1661 Collection of Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands Most of Vermeer's paintings are portraits or genre scenes. He painted only two landscapes, including this view of Delft, where the painter originated. This painting ...

Jan van Eyck (Netherland, c.1390-1441) The Arnolfini Portrait (Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife) oil on oak panel 82.2 x 60 cm. (32.3 x 23.6 in.) Painted in 1434 Collection of National Gallery, London In this painting, a couple are holding hands in the bedroom of a wealthy bourgeois interior, as evidenced by the ...

Michelangelo (Italy, 1475-1564) David Marble sculpture 517 × 199 cm (17 × 6.5 ft) Executed circa 1501–1504 Collection of Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence, Italy At first glance, this statue doesn't seem to be hiding much. In fact, to say the least, it shows... everything. And yet, it conceals many secrets. First of all, do you know ...

Moise Kisling (Poland/France, 1891-1953) Kiki de Montparnasse signed 'Kisling' (lower left) oil on canvas 55 x 38.1 cm. (21 5/8 x 15 in.) Painted in 1924 Kees van Dongen (Netherlands/France, 1877-1968) Portrait of a woman with a cigarette (Kiki de Montparnasse) Watercolour on paper 49.5 x 35.4 cm. Painted circa 1922-1924 Gustaw Gwozdecki (Poland, 1880-1935) ...

Colart de Laon (active 1377/1411-1417) The Agony in the Garden with the Donor Louis d'Orléans tempera on panel 47 x 33.5 cm. (18.5 x 13.1 in.) Painted between 1405 and 1408 Collection of Prado Museum, Spain A secret lifted at the Prado Museum: An obscure painting, after restoration in Spain, turns out to be a ...

Tamara de Lempicka (Poland, 1898-1980) Jeune fille en vert (Girl in Green) oil on plywood 61.5 x 45.5 cm. (24 x 17 3/4 in.) Painted circa 1927-1930 Collection of Musée national d'Art moderne (MNAM), Paris If we don't know who Tamara de Lempicka's model is here, we can't help but think of the interwar cinema ...

Henri Matisse (France, 1869-1954) Odalisque couchée aux magnolias signed ‘Henri - Matisse’ (lower right) oil on canvas 60.5 x 81.1 cm. (23 ¾ x 31 7/8 in.) Painted in Nice, 1923 Price Realised USD 80,750,000 at Christie's New York, 8 May 2018 Wanda de Guébriant has confirmed the authenticity of this work. Henri Matisse was ...