The Birth of Venus, c.1485 Sandro Boticelli 36 in. x 24 in. Buy This Allposters.com She vas born in the foam of the sea and the Zephyrs carried her along the top of the waves to the Island of Cyprus where the Seasons were waiting to receive and attire her. Venus, goddess of flowers, of …
Three Graces Wall Tapestry Sandro Boticelli 41 in. x 53 in. Buy This Allposters.com Sandro Boticelli was born in Florence in 1444. At the age of fourteen he was apprenticed to Fra Filippo Lippi. He remained at this studio for eight or nine years, though it is possible that he also frequented the workshop of …
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The Astronomer, 1668 Jan Vermeer 9 in. x 12 in. Buy This Allposters.com Jan Vermeer’s life fared as poorly as his reputation. He was born in Delft, marriedin Delft, raised a large family in Delft, painted in Delft. But the people of Delft hadlittle use for his pictures; the pictures didn’t sell. And so Vermeer …
Madame de Pompadour 1748 Jean-Marc Nattier 9 in. x 12 in. Buy This Allposters.com Boston, MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: “Portrait of Mlle. de BourbonConti.” Buffalo, CLIFTON COLLECTION: “Portrait of Mlle. de la Borde.” Cincinnati, MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: “Portrait of Mme. Thérèse de la Martinière.” Cleveland, SEVERANCE COLLECTION: “Mme. Henriette de France as Diana.” Haverford, MUCKLÉ COLLECTION: …
Madame Sophie de France Jean-Marc Nattier 14 in. x 18 in. Buy This Allposters.com Entirely in keeping with Nattier’s purposeful flattery, with the general vainglory of his patrons and the particular wishfulness of the young everywhere and always, Nattier, commissioned by Louis XV to paint the portraits of the five princesses, his daughters, showed the …
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Portrait of Madame Maria Leszczynska (1703-68) 1748 Jean-Marc Nattier 18 in. x 24 in. Buy This Allposters.com Jean-Marc Nattier received his first instructions in drawing and painting from his father. Although his skill in portraiture was early in evidence, his first important commission was the engraving of the Rubens’ paintings in the Luxembourg Palace for …
View of Delft, c.1660-61 Jan Vermeer 24 in. x 18 in. Buy This Allposters.com This landscape is believed to be an early work, for the brushwork is comparatively broad and free. It is probable that the picture was painted direct from observation, contrary to the custom of that period. Most Dutch landscape painters first made …
The Kitchen Maid with Provisions, 1739 Jean-Baptiste Simeon Chardin 9 in. x 12 in. Buy This Allposters.com What the painters, Watteau, Nattier, Boucher, Fragonard, did in commemoration of the court life of their century, Chardin did for the life of that lower class which was its undercurrent. Virtually in that station into which he had …
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Embarkation for Cythera, 1717 Jean Antoine Watteau 12 in. x 9 in. Buy This Allposters.com Berlin, PALACE: “Fête Champêtre,” “Departure for the Island of Cythera.” Boston, MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: “La Perspective.” Chicago, EPSTEIN COLLECTION: “Portrait of Jean Francois Pater.” Cleveland, PRENTISS COLLECTION: “The Village Bride.” Edinburgh, NATIONAL GALLERY OF SCOTLAND: “Fête Champêtre.” London, WALLACE …
The Spring: Fete Champetre in a Water Garden with Figures in a Boat Jean Antoine Watteau 12 in. x 9 in. Buy This Allposters.com From Murillo to Watteau; from the fervent unrealities which were the solace of the rulers of decaying empire, to the triumphant, light-hearted pageantry of make-believe of a court too blinded by …