#genre: portrait

[about-suffering]

Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting [La Pittura], c. 1638-1639 Artemisia Gentileschi (1539-1652)

[life-imitates-art-far-more]

Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761-1845) "Two Young Women Kissing" (c. 1790-1794) Oil on canvas

[random-brushstrokes]

Carl Zewy (Austrian, 1855-1929) - The young florist

[eirene]

Bath time, 1897 Virgilio Tojetti

[lionofchaeronea]

Morning Awakening, Eva Gonzalès, 1876

[rehsgalleries]

Jules Lefebvre

(1834–1912)

Judith

Oil on canvas

36.4 x 24 inches

Signed and dated 1892

[oncanvas]

Reading on a Sunny Afternoon, Charles Edward Perugini, late 19th to early 20th century

Oil on canvas 36 x 28 in. (91.4 x 71.1 cm)

[diemelusine]

Portrait of Arctic explorer Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1886) by Georg von Rosen. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm.

[les-larmes-d-eros]

Switch, série Uncensored, par AdeY

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Victor-Gabriel Gilbert (French, 1847-1935) Le déjeuner du chat, 1879

[from-a-spiders-web]

Salome (1520s) Bernardino Luini

[about-suffering]

The Banquet of Cleopatra, 1652 Jan de Bray (1627-1697)

I'm always interested in portrayals of the classical past that use the costume of a different era--the merged temporalities fascinate me. This piece is even more remarkable because it's both a history painting and also a portrait; Antony and Cleopatra are de Bray's parents. I'm not sure I have clever commentary on what this means, though the linked text contains an excellent analysis, but I always find the use of the historical genre as an avenue for portraiture both interesting and slightly strange.

[life-imitates-art-far-more]

Oskar Zwintscher (1870-1916) "Portrait with Yellow Daffodils" (1907)

[random-brushstrokes]

John White Alexander (American, 1856–1915) - The Yellow Dress

[eirene]

Young Woman Reading, 1875 Lucius Rossi

[lionofchaeronea]

Among the Old Poets, Walter Shirlaw (1838-1909)