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The Music Lesson, by Gerard ter Borch (Dutch, 1617-1681), circa 1670

Gerard ter Borch: The Music Lesson

11 July 2025

This work by Gerard ter Borch reveals the sophistication of 17th-century Dutch domestic art. The composition, orchestrated around a table, presents a young woman elegantly

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A Market Stall in Batavia attributed to Andries Beeckman c. 1640 - c. 1666

Andries Beeckman: A Market Stall in Batavia

10 July 2025

Valley with Fir (Shade on the Mountain), by Henri-Edmond Cross, 1909

Henri-Edmond Cross: Valley with Fir (Shade on the Mountain)

9 July 2025

Soap Bubbles, by Jean Siméon Chardin, circa 1734

Jean Siméon Chardin: Soap Bubbles

8 July 2025

Madonna and Child, by Francesco d'Ubertino Verdi, called Bachiacca, Probably from the early 1520s

Claude Monet: Rounded Flower Bed

5 July 2025

Washington traversant le Delaware, par Emanuel Leutze, en 1851

Emanuel Leutze: Washington Crossing the Delaware

4 July 2025

Auguste Renoir: Marie-Thérèse Durand-Ruel Sewing

3 July 2025

The Healing of Tobit, c. 1625, by Bernardo Strozzi

Bernardo Strozzi: The Healing of Tobit

2 July 2025

Self-Portrait with a Maulstick, c. 1863, by Henri Regnault

Henri Regnault: Self-Portrait with a Maulstick

1 July 2025

View of the Port of Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, 1891, Eugène Boudin

Eugène Boudin: View of the Port of Saint-Valery-sur-Somme

30 June 2025

Venice, from the Porch of Madonna della Salute, by Joseph Mallord William Turner, c. 1835

Turner: Venice, from the Porch of Madonna della Salute

29 June 2025

Martha and Mary Magdalene, c. 1598, by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio

Caravaggio: Martha and Mary Magdalene

28 June 2025

Portrait of a Young Man by Bronzino (Agnolo di Cosimo di Mariano), 1530s

Bronzino: Portrait of a Young Man

27 June 2025

Nicolas Lancret, Nicaise, 1738, oil on copper. Clark Art Institute, 1955.957

Georges Desvallières: Portrait of Mademoiselle Yvonne Robiquet

25 June 2025

Sunset on the Seine at Lavacourt, Winter Effect by Claude Monet, 1880

Claude Monet: Sunset on the Seine at Lavacourt, Winter Effect

24 June 2025

Squall off Frascati, Le Havre by Eugène Boudin, 1896

Eugène Boudin: Squall off Frascati, Le Havre

23 June 2025

The Pink Cloud, c. 1896, by Henri-Edmond Cross

Henri-Edmond Cross: The Pink Cloud

22 June 2025

Diana and Her Nymphs Departing for the Hunt, c. 1615, by Peter Paul Rubens and workshop

Rubens: Diana and Her Nymphs Departing for the Hunt

21 June 2025

Portrait of a Man, possibly Girolamo Rosati, c. 1533–1534, by Lorenzo Lotto

Lorenzo Lotto: Portrait of a Man, possibly Girolamo Rosati

20 June 2025

The Dutch Golden Age

The Dutch Golden Age, spanning approximately from 1580 to 1670, represents an unparalleled artistic flowering that coincided with the Dutch Republic’s emergence as a formidable maritime and commercial power…

Romanticism

Romanticism emerged in the late 18th century as a reaction against Enlightenment rationalism and Neoclassicism, flourishing throughout Europe during the first half of the 19th century. This profound artistic and cultural movement privileged…

Rococo

Rococo emerged in France during the early 18th century as a reaction against the solemnity of Louis XIV’s style, characterized by a lightness and elegance that celebrated aristocratic intimacy and refinement. This quintessentially ornamental style favored asymmetrical forms, sinuous curves, and nature-inspired motifs…

Impressionism

Impressionism, born in France during the 1870s-1880s, revolutionized Western art by breaking with academic conventions. This movement, embodied by artists such as Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Edgar Degas, and Berthe Morisot, is characterized by a desire to capture the immediate impression of light and its effects on subjects…