If you could own one painting that you’ve seen in Europe, what would it be?
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Not sure of the name or artist (I guess I should find out if I am going to own it!). It is the painting of the cherub playing a lute (?). It hangs in the Uffizi. I bought a print of it at the museum and have it framed at home. The original would look much nicer...
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What a difficult question! Only one. Ok. I'd choose Portrait of Iseppo Porto With His Son by Paolo Veronese. I saw this painting at the Musee du Luxemborg in Paris during October 2004. The tenderness displayed toward his son by this nobelman/soldier is so touching. Oh, and if I could have additional paintings: anything painted by Fra Lippi and Botticelli!
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Ohhhh, that's hard. I've narrowed it down to any of these three, how's that?
Van Gogh, The Church at Auvers (Orsay)
Caravaggio, Conversion of St Paul (church of Sta Maria del Popolo, Rome)
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Beata Beatrix (Tate)
Oh shoot. I forgot about:
Geertgen tot Sant Jons, Night Nativity (Nat'l Gallery)
Kudos to the poster who wants the Bosch!
Van Gogh, The Church at Auvers (Orsay)
Caravaggio, Conversion of St Paul (church of Sta Maria del Popolo, Rome)
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Beata Beatrix (Tate)
Oh shoot. I forgot about:
Geertgen tot Sant Jons, Night Nativity (Nat'l Gallery)
Kudos to the poster who wants the Bosch!
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The Birth of Venus by Botticelli. Since I can't afford the original, I settled for a post card that I put on my bulletin board at work so I can enjoy it every day. Can't tell you why, it just awes me. Barb
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Mine is made easy by having just seen it at the Musee de Luxembourg in Paris last week.
Renoir's "Luncheon of the Boating Party". I've always loved it, but viewed in person it was spectacular. The crystal items on the table literally glitter and glow as if the sun were shining directly on them.
Renoir's "Luncheon of the Boating Party". I've always loved it, but viewed in person it was spectacular. The crystal items on the table literally glitter and glow as if the sun were shining directly on them.
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This is a premlinary answer because I'm going to Rome and Florence next week and will probably have another pick after that:
The Mona Lisa - there is a reason why this painting is so famous and when I saw it in person, I was awestruck!
Also, any Van Gogh or Degas or Monet (in that order).
The Mona Lisa - there is a reason why this painting is so famous and when I saw it in person, I was awestruck!
Also, any Van Gogh or Degas or Monet (in that order).
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Vermeer's "View of Delft" (I'm looking at a post card of it in my office, but it's not the same) at the Mauritshuis in The Hague
Velasquez's Las Meninas at the Prado in Madrid
(Armchairtraveler: Renoir's Boating Party will soon return to its home at the Phillips Collection in Washington, to the cheers of its many Americna fans.)
Velasquez's Las Meninas at the Prado in Madrid
(Armchairtraveler: Renoir's Boating Party will soon return to its home at the Phillips Collection in Washington, to the cheers of its many Americna fans.)
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This has always intrigued me:
http://www.abcgallery.com/S/seurat/seurat61.JPG
(Did you know that pixels were invented in the 19th century?)
http://www.abcgallery.com/S/seurat/seurat61.JPG
(Did you know that pixels were invented in the 19th century?)
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Scarlett, I agree with the Turner at the Tate...gorgeous,,,just saw them last week and fell in love,,,,some of his works were quite like Impressionists IMO. But I adore Van Gogh and Renoir....had to go to the National Gallery to see them last week and fell in love all over again...they have Sunfloers on loan now