_Arts

Description Baruch de Spinoza (1632-1677) Portrait, ca. 1665 (Gemäldesammlung der Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel, Germany) Date 1665 Author Unknown http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Spinoza.jpg

Self portrait with Felt Hat Description: Self portrait with Felt Hat Year: 1888 Author: Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) Type: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 44 cm × 37.5 cm (17.3 in × 14.8 in) Location: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divisionism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Self_portrait_with_Felt_Hat.jpg Modern art | Post-Impressionism | Impressionism

Selfportrait of William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1879) Artist: William-Adolphe Bouguereau Title: Portrait of the Artist Year: 1879 Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 46.5 × 38.5 cm (18.31 × 15.16 in) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:William-Adolphe_Bouguereau_(1825-1905)_-_Artist_Portrait_(1879).jpg This image (or other media file) is in the public domain because its copyright has expired. 1825 births | 1905 deaths | People from La Rochelle | French painters | Faculty of the Académie Julian | Prix de Rome for painting | Realist painters | Academic art

Selfportrait of Gustave Courbet Gustave Courbet (Auto-Retrato) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_Courbet History of painting This image (or other media file) is in the public domain because its copyright has expired. 1819 births | 1877 deaths | People from Doubs | French painters | French anarchists | French socialists | Realist painters | People of the Paris Commune | Légion d'honneur refusals

Mona Lisa (1503–1506) Artist: Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) Title: Mona Lisa Italiano: La Gioconda (Monna Lisa) Français : La Joconde Year: 1503–1506 Technique: Oil on poplar Dimensions: 77 cm × 53 cm Current location: Louvre, Paris Mona Lisa (also known as La Gioconda or La Joconde) is a sixteenth-century portrait painted in oil on a poplar panel in Florence, Italy by Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci during the Renaissance. The work is currently owned by the Government of France and is on display at the Louvre museum in Paris under the title Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo. Arguably, it is the most famous and iconic painting in the world. The painting is a half-length portrait and depicts a woman whose facial expression is frequently described as enigmatic. Others believe that the slight smile is an indication that the subject is hiding a secret. The ambiguity of the subject's expression, the monumentality of the composition, and the subtle ...