Plum Brandy by Edouard Manet https://www.nga.gov/artworks/53034-plum-brandy
London and Toronto, 1993: repro. pl. 56. Manoeuvre, Laurent. Manet-Paris.
London and Toronto, 1993: repro. pl. 56. Manoeuvre, Laurent. Manet-Paris.
Massa, 1626, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, illustrated in Seymour Slive, Frans
Fragonard’s brushwork is as much the subject of this painting as the young woman. A flurry of rapid marks captures her blushing face.
Boston & Toronto, 1969:45-46, repro. 1971 Cott, Perry B.“
When his friend Marcotte first suggested that Ingres paint Ines Moitessier, the wife of a financier and jurist, he demurred. Ingres changed his mind after being struck by her „terrible et belle tête“ (terrible and beautiful head.) The author Théophile Gautier described her as „Junolike,“ and Ingres presents her with the imposing remoteness of a Roman goddess.
Exhibition of Great Paintings in Aid of Allied Merchant Seamen, The Art Gallery of Toronto
Resurrection across Convents, Parishes, and Courts Elizabeth Harney, University of Toronto
Crawford Notch, a deep valley in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, gained notoriety in 1826 when nine lives were lost in a catastrophic avalanche nearby. Cole’s painting depicts the site of an earlier landslide whose destruction prompted the victims—Mr.
Newark, London, and Toronto, 1988: 219, 133, 144, repro. 220, as A View of the Mountain
After learning the fundamentals of drawing and painting in his native Leiden, Rembrandt van Rijn went to Amsterdam in 1624 to study for six months with Pieter Lastman (1583–1633), a famous history painter. Upon completion of his training Rembrandt returned to Leiden.
Toronto, 1982: 118, 120, fig. 73. 1984 Schwartz, Gary.
Toronto, 2022: 301-331, fig. 11.6. 2025 Daly, Christopher.
Van Gogh found inspiration for this portrait in the bold complementary colors and contrasting patterns of the Japanese woodblock prints he collected. He fantasized about Japan as a utopia of bright light and color different from the dark, crowded western capitals he lived in.
Toronto, 2001: 185, repro. Childs, Elizabeth.
Lorenzo de‘ Medici, the brilliant, learned, and ruthless head of a wealthy banking family, ruled the Italian city-state of Florence in the Renaissance. This bust may copy a wax statue made to commemorate Lorenzo’s survival in 1478, when an assassination plot took the life of his younger brother.
Lexington, MA and Toronto, 1992: 257, repro.