“The Winnower” was painted in 1847–1848 and shown at the Salon in 1848. It is the first large painting by [[artist:2357|Jean-François Millet]] about work on the land. It brought him his first real success. In “The Winnower” a peasant in a dark barn winnows grain in a large wick…
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“The Gare Saint-Lazare” was painted in 1877 in Paris. [[artist:282|Claude Monet]] rented a small flat near the station, and the rent was paid by his friend, the painter [[artist:710|Gustave Caillebotte]]. Monet received permission to paint inside, under the great glass roof, amo…
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“Samson and Delilah” was painted around 1609–1610 for Nicolaas Rockox, burgomaster of Antwerp and a friend of the artist. [[artist:2476|Peter Paul Rubens]] was among the people who knew the Bible stories and ancient art well. In “Samson and Delilah” the strong Samson sleeps in …
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“Bacchus and Ariadne” was painted in 1520–1523 for the Duke of Ferrara, Alfonso d'Este. He wanted a room full of paintings of ancient myths and ordered several of them from [[artist:2590|Titian]]. In “Bacchus and Ariadne” Bacchus, the god of wine, leaps from his chariot, drawn …
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“Seaport with the Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba” was painted in 1648 in Rome. It is one of the most famous harbours by [[artist:2048|Claude Lorrain]]. The subject comes from the Bible: the Queen of Sheba sets out to visit the wise King Solomon. In “Seaport with the Embarkat…
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“The Mill, or Landscape with the Marriage of Isaac and Rebecca” was painted in 1648. It is the pair of [[14780|Seaport with the Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba]] – the two paintings were made for the same patron. [[artist:2048|Claude Lorrain]] shows here an ideal landscape in …
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“Landscape with Narcissus and Echo” was painted in 1644. The subject comes from an ancient myth: the handsome youth Narcissus falls in love with his own reflection in the water. [[artist:2048|Claude Lorrain]] turns the myth into a quiet woodland landscape. In “Landscape with Na…
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Wheatfield with Crows was painted in July 1890 in Auvers-sur-Oise, the small village near Paris where [[artist:1613|Vincent van Gogh]] spent the last weeks of his life. Above the village stretch endless fields of ripe wheat. He went out into the fields with a long, narrow canvas…
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The Starry Night was painted in June 1889 at the asylum in Saint-Rémy, in the south of France. [[artist:1613|Vincent van Gogh]] had admitted himself there a month earlier, after his severe crises in Arles. From the window of his room, behind the bars, he could see a field, olive…
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Café Terrace at Night was painted on a September night in 1888, on the very spot you are looking at. [[artist:1613|Vincent van Gogh]] set up his easel at the corner of the Place du Forum in Arles, in the south of France, and painted from life, in the dark. A gas lamp glows above…
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