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[rosa-bonheur]

Wild Cat, Rosa Bonheur, 19??, Nationalmuseum, SWE

Rosa Bonheur was one of the most famous painters of animals of her time. This wild cat is an excellent example of her realistic way of portraying animals. Bonheur was genuinely interested in the animals she depicted. In addition to a large number of dogs, birds and cats, she also had an otter, Mouflon sheep and lions. In 1853, at the age of 31, she gained wide recognition for her monumental painting The Horse Market. Bonheur’s choice of subjects required her to frequent places where it was impractical to wear long skirts. In 1857, the police granted her permission to wear trousers in public.

http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=19965&viewType=detailView

[artist-akseli-gallen-kallela]

The Artist's Mother, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 19??, Nationalmuseum, SWE

This is the artist’s mother in a remarkable, enigmatic portrait. Intimate and monumental at the same time. On the one hand a spitting image, on the other a sculpture in a dreamlike landscape seemingly situated beyond time and space. The portrait is dated 1896, the year before Akseli Gallen-Kallela cast her as the main figure in one of his most famous paintings, Lemminkäinen’s Mother – a motif inspired by Finland’s national epic, Kalevala.

http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=18777&viewType=detailView

[jacob-jordaens]

King Candaules of Lydia Showing his Wife to Gyges, Jacob Jordaens, Nationalmuseum, SWE

Boasting of his wife’s beauty, the Greek king Candaules secretly showed his naked wife to his courtier Gyges. This is the moment that the painting captures, but the scene has been relocated to a seventeenth-century milieu instead of Antiquity. The queen looks at us in a way that can be interpreted as both provocative and triumphant, as if to suggest the continuation of the story: in collusion with the Queen, Gyges murders the king and seizes the throne by her side.

http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=18162&viewType=detailView

[artist-zurbaran]

St Francis, Francisco de Zurbaran, Nationalmuseum, SWE

http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=22496&viewType=detailView

[guido-reni]

Christ crowned with Thorns, Guido Reni, Nationalmuseum, SWE

 Kopia Originalet i flera repliker

http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=17331&viewType=detailView

[rosalba-carriera]

The Winter, Rosalba Carriera, Nationalmuseum, SWE

http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=24042&viewType=detailView

[artist-rubens]

The Three Graces, Peter Paul Rubens, Nationalmuseum, SWE

The three Graces, some sort of goddesses of joy, were the daughters of Zeus and Eurynome in Greek mythology. They were a common artistic motif and Rubens—one of the Baroque’s most illustrious painters—returned to it several times. Here the Graces lift a basket of flowers in a combined effort. The artist doesn’t, however, concentrate on the mythological narrative but on rendering the shapes and movements of the female bodies. The naked skin appears warm and alive before the viewer’s eyes.

http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=17604&viewType=detailView

[artist-michelangelo]

Slav, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Nationalmuseum, SWE

Helfigur stående, fas huvud höger, uppåtböjt, överkroppen starkt vänster vriden. Rik hårväxt. Armarna bundna på ryggen medband från överarmarna över bröstet. Under armarna på ryggen ett draperi, som faller ned på baksidan och på framsidan över högra benet. Det högra böjda benet står på en stubbe, det vänstra är rakt.  

http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=177524&viewType=detailView