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The painting illustrates an episode from Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron novel Lisabetta e il testo di bassilico (1349 - 1353), which was reused for John Keats's poem, Isabella, or the Pot of Basil, which describes the relationship between Isabella, the sister of wealthy medieval merchants, and Lorenzo, an employee of Isabella's brothers. It ...
Models is a notable example of Pointillism, which refers to painting through a series of colored dots that together make up an image. [4]In an article written by Norma Broude in the Art Bulletin, she compares Pointillism to photo printing in the 1880s France.
The subject in the painting had previously been described by the art dealer Jan C. Schuller as "little negress" during an exhibition in 1908. [10] A newspaper at the time described the portrait as "the superbly painted 'Little Negress' of very distinguished colouring and conception and with fine painting of the fabric of the clothes and of the ...
15th century depiction of Isabella. Isabella of France (1295 – 22 August 1358) was Queen of England and the daughter of Philip IV of France.Sometimes called the "She-Wolf of France", she was a key figure in the rebellion which deposed her husband, Edward II of England, in favor of their eldest son Edward III.
Halil Şerif Pasha (Khalil Bey), an Ottoman diplomat, is believed to have commissioned the work shortly after he moved to Paris. Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve introduced him to Courbet and he ordered a painting to add to his personal collection of erotic pictures, which already included Le Bain turc (The Turkish Bath) from Ingres and another painting by Courbet, Le Sommeil (The Sleepers), for ...
Portrait of Doña Isabel de Requesens y Enríquez de Cardona-Anglesola is an oil painting dated circa 1518 that was formerly believed to depict Giovanna d'Aragona.It has been variously ascribed to Raphael, Giulio Romano, or the school of Raphael; it is now usually taken to have been executed by Giulio Romano based on a sketch by Raphael and then altered by Raphael.
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This is a list of women artists who were born in France or whose artworks are closely associated with that country. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.