“Diana and Actaeon” was painted in 1556–1559 for King Philip II of Spain. [[artist:2590|Titian]] called the paintings of myths that he made for the king “poesie”. This is one of the most famous. In “Diana and Actaeon” the young hunter Actaeon accidentally discovers the goddess …
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The Night Café was painted in September 1888 in Arles, in a café on the Place Lamartine, right next to the Yellow House. [[artist:1613|Vincent van Gogh]] spent three nights in a row there, painting while the people around him drank, slept at the tables or drifted about aimlessly…
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Still Life: Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers is one of the best-loved paintings by [[artist:1613|Vincent van Gogh]]. August 1888, Arles. Van Gogh is waiting for his friend Paul Gauguin, who is coming to live with him in the Yellow House. He wants the guest's room to be full of light…
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Starry Night Over the Rhône was painted in September 1888 in Arles, on the riverbank, just a few minutes' walk from the Yellow House. [[artist:1613|Vincent van Gogh]] painted from life, at night, under the gas lamps of the quay. He wrote to his brother Theo that the night is oft…
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Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear was painted in January 1889 in Arles, only a few weeks after the worst night in the life of [[artist:1613|Vincent van Gogh]]. On 23 December 1888, after a quarrel with Paul Gauguin, he cut off part of his left ear. He spent days in hospital. When …
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“The Storm on the Sea of Galilee” is the only seascape that [[artist:1418|Rembrandt]] ever painted. He created it in 1633, in his first years in Amsterdam. The subject comes from the Gospel: Christ and his disciples are sailing across the lake, a storm suddenly rises, and he is …
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“Syndics of the Drapers' Guild” is the last great group portrait by [[artist:1418|Rembrandt]], painted in 1662. The five men are syndics, elected inspectors who decided whether the cloth dyed by the drapers of Amsterdam was of good quality. The painting was to hang in their hall…
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“Self-Portrait at the Age of 63” is one of the last self-portraits by [[artist:1418|Rembrandt]]. It was painted in 1669, the year of his death. He had already buried Saskia, Hendrickje and his son Titus. He lived in a modest home in Amsterdam with his daughter Cornelia. In “Sel…
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“Aristotle with a Bust of Homer” was painted in 1653, commissioned by Don Antonio Ruffo, a nobleman from Messina in Sicily. [[artist:1418|Rembrandt]] was in the midst of his difficult years, but the wealthy collector from the other end of Europe wanted a painting from him in par…
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“The Large Bathers” is one of the last and largest paintings by [[artist:1290|Paul Cézanne]]. He worked on it for about ten years, from around 1894 until his death in 1906. He painted three large canvases of women bathing, and this is one of them. In “The Large Bathers” a group…
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