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500 Years of Female Portraits in Western Art

by Philip Scott Johnson


Music: Bach’s Sarabande from Suite for Solo Cello No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 by Yo-Yo Ma

Archangel

1. 0:00Archangel (Angel of the Golden Locks),  Novgorod School, Russia, 2nd half of the 12th c.

La Scapigliata

2. 0:0 1La Scapigliata (The Lady of the Dishevelled Hair) Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)1508

The Madonna of the Carnation

3. 0:03The Madonna of the Carnation, Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)1478-80Mona Lisa

4. 0:05Mona Lisa(La Gioconda). Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)1503-05 Lady with a Unicorn

5. 0:07 Lady with a Unicorn, Raphael (1483-1520)c.1505The Birth of Venus

6. 0:09The Birth of Venus, Sandro Botticelli (1444-1510)1485 Portrait of a Young Woman

7. 0:11Portrait of a Young Woman, Titian (Tiziano Vecellio)(c.1490-1576) 1536Portrait of a Lady as St Lucy

8. 0:13Portrait of a Lady as St Lucy, Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio (1467-1516)1500 Sacred Conversation

9. 0:14Sacred Conversation, Giovanni Bellini (1430-1516)1490Profane Love

10. 0:16Profane Love (Vanity), Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (c.1490-1576)1514-1515 Judith with the Head of Holofernes

11. 0:18Judith with the Head of Holofernes, Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) 

(c.1490-1576 c.1515

Mary Magdalene

12. 0:20Mary Magdalene, Pietro Perugino (1448-1523)1500 Portrait of Ginevra de Benci

13. 0:22Portrait of Ginevra de’ Benci, Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)1476Lady with an Ermine

14. 0:24Lady with an Ermine Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani, Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)1483 - 1490

Virgin Annunciate

15. 0:26Virgin Annunciate Maria der Verkündigung, Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479)1476

 La Donna Velata

16. 0:28La Donna Velata (Woman with a Veil), Raphael (1483-1520)c.1514Portrait of a Young Venetian Woman or Red-haired Woman from Venice

17. 0:30Portrait of a Young Venetian Woman or Red-haired Woman from Venice, Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528)1505

 Portrait of a Woman

18. 0:32Portrait of a Woman, Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553)1526 Porträt der Maria Maddalena Portinari

19. 0:34Porträt der Maria Maddalena Portinari, Hans Memling (1430/40-1494)1470 Lais of Corinth

20. 0:35Lais of Corinth, Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543)1526 Portrait of Elsbeth Tucher

21. 0:37Portrait of Elsbeth Tucher, Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528)1499Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire

22. 0:39Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792)1775-76

Jane, Countess of Harrington

23. 0:41 Jane, Countess of Harrington, Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792)1778Mrs. John Hale

24. 0:43Mrs. John Hale, Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792)1762-64Mrs. Abington

25. 0:44 Mrs. Abington, Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792)1764-1773Charlotte-Aglaé d'Orléans

26. 0:46Charlotte-Aglaé d’Orléans Duchesse de Modène, Pierre Gobert(1622-1744)1744

Portrait of Suzanna Huygens

27. 0:48Portrait of Suzanna Huygens, Caspar Netscher (1639-1684)1667-69 The Marquise de Seignelay and Two of her Children

28. 0:50 The Marquise de Seignelay and Two of her Children, Pierre Mignard (1612-1695)1691

 Madame Victoire de France

29. 0:52 Madame Victoire de France, Jean-Marc Nattier (1685-1766)1748 Portrait of an Unknown Woman in a Blue Dress with Yellow Trimmings

30. 0:54Portrait of an Unknown Woman in a Blue Dress with Yellow Trimmings, Fyodor Rokotov(1735-1808)1760s

 Le Chapeau de Paille

31. 0:56Le Chapeau de Paille (The Straw Hat), Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)c. 1626

Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat

32. 0:58 Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat, Élisabeth Louise Vigée-Le Brun (1755-1842)1782

Portrait of Lady-in-Waiting to the Infanta Isabella

33. 1:00 Portrait of Lady-in-Waiting to the Infanta Isabella, Peter Paul Rubens(1577-1640) Mid-1620s

Lady with a Flower in her Hair

34. 1:01 Lady with a Flower in her Hair, El Greco (1541-1614)c1590-1600Madame Barbe de Rimsky-Korsakov

35. 1:03Madame Barbe de Rimsky-Korsakov, Franz Xaver Winterhalter( 1805-1873)1864

Young Housewife

36. 1:05Young Housewife, Alexei Vasilievich Tyranov (1808-1859)1840s Portrait of M. I. Lopukhina

37. 1:07 Portrait of M. I. Lopukhina, Vladimir Lukich Borovikovs (1757-1825)1797 Portrait of V. S. Putyatina

38. 1:09Portrait of V. S. Putyatina, Alexey Gavrilovich Venetsianov (1780-1847)1815-1816

Madame Pastuer

39. 1:11Madame Pasteur, Antoine-Jean Gros (1771-1835)1795-96 Amalie von Schintling

40. 1:13Amalie von Schintling, Joseph Karl Stieler (1781-1858) 1831 Portrait of M. A. Kikina

41. 1:15 Portrait of M. A. Kikina, Orest Adamovich Kiprensky (1782-1836)1816 Woman with a Pearl

42. 1:17 Woman with a Pearl, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796-1875)c1869The Reading

43. 1:18The Reading. Edouard Manet (1832-1883)1869 Berthe Morisot

44. 1:20Berthe Morisot, Edouard Manet (1832-1883)1872Charlotte Dubourg

45. 1:22 Charlotte Dubourg, Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904)1882Portrait of an Italian Woman

46. 1:24 Portrait of an Italian Woman, Alexei Vasilievich Tyranov (1808-1859)1851Princess Albert de Broglie

47. 1:26 Princess Albert de Broglie, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867)1851-53

 An Elegant Beauty

48. 1:28 An Elegant Beauty, William Clark Wontner (1857-1930) Souvenir

49. 1:30 Souvenir, William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905)1895La Belle Liseuse

50. 1:31La Belle Liseuse (The Beautiful Reader), Lêon François Comerre (1850-1916)

 Modesti

51. 1:33Modesti, William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905)1902 Pavonia

52. 1:35Pavonia, Lord Frederick Leighton (1830-1896)1858-59 A Portrait of a Young Lady

53. 1:37A Portrait of a Young Lady, Eugene de Blaas (1843-1931) Musette

54. 1:39 Musette. Eugene de Blaas (1843-1931)1900An Arab Beauty

55. 1:41 An Arab Beauty, Lêon François Comerre (1850-1916) Girl Braiding Her Hair

56. 1:43 Girl Braiding Her Hair (Suzanne Valadon), Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)1885

Portrait of Madame Henriot

57. 1:45 Portrait of Madame Henriot, Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)1877 Two Sisters on the Terrace

58. 1:47 Two Sisters on the Terrace, Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)1881 Portrait of the Actress Jeanne Samary

59. 1:48 Portrait of the Actress Jeanne Samary, Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)1878

 

La Chevelure

60. 1:50 La Chevelure Young Woman Braiding her Hair, Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)1876

Blonde Nude

61. 1:52, Blonde Nude, Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)1882La Promenade

62. 1:54La Promenade, Édouard Manet (1832-1883)c. 1880Portrait of Maggie Wilson

63. 1:56 Portrait of Maggie Wilson, Frank Duveneck (1848-1919)1898Woman with a Pearl Necklace in a Loge

64. 1:58 Woman with a Pearl Necklace in a Loge, Mary Cassatt (1844-1926)1879 Ideal Head

65. 2:00 Ideal Head, Julian Alden Weir(1852-1919) 

Portrait of a Woman

66. 2:01Portrait of a Woman, Paul Cesar Helleu (1859-1927)1909Ols Maria

672:03Ols Maria, Anders Zorn (1860-1920)1918 The Artist

68. 2:05 The Artist, Alphonse Maria Mucha(1860-1939)1920 The Matyr of the Solway

69. 2:07 The Matyr of the Solway, John Everett Millais (1829-1896)1871 Madeleine Bernard

70. 2:09 Madeleine Bernard, Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)1888 Woman with a Hat

71. 2:11Woman with a Hat, Henri Matisse (1869-1954)1905 Madras Rouge

72. 2:13Madras Rouge, Henri Matisse (1869-1954)1907Cocolo

73. 2:15 Cocolo,  Francis Picabia(1879-1953)1936-38 Ritratto di Signora di Klimt

74. 2:16 Ritratto di Signora di Klimt, Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)1916-17 La fleur

75. 2:18, La fleur (serigraph)Henri Matisse (1869-1954)1937

Portrait of Lydia Delectorskaya, the Artist's Secretary

76. 2:20 Portrait of Lydia Delectorskaya, the Artist’s Secretary, Henri Matisse (1869-1954)1947

The Mask

77. 2:22 The Mask,  Louis Welden Hawkins (1849-1910)1905 Les Fleurs du Mal

78 2:24 Les Fleurs du Mal (Flowers of Evil), Rene Magritte (1898-1967)1946 F. Champenois

79. 2:26, F Champenois, Alphonse Maria Mucha (1860-1939)1897Cycles Perfecta

80. 2:28 Cycles Perfecta, Alphonse Maria Mica (1860-1939)1902Raphaelesque Head Exploding

81. 2:30 Raphaelesque Head Exploding, Salvador Dali (1904-1989)1951 Head Bombarded with Grains of Wheat

82. 2:31Head Bombarded with Grains of Wheat, Salvador Dali (1904-1989)1954 Apparition of a Face with a Fruit Dish on a Beach

83. 2:33 Apparition of a Face with a Fruit Dish on a Beach, Salvador Dali (1904-1989)1938

Woman Torso

84. 2:35Woman Torso, Kazimir Malevich (1878-1935)1928-1932American Beauty

85. 2:37 American Beauty (The Movie Star), Knud Merrild (1894-1954)1928 Portrait of Lunia Czechowska

86. 2:39 Portrait of Lunia Czechowska, Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920)1919Tumblers (Mother and Son)

87. 2:41 Tumblers (Mother and Son), Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)1905Maternity

88. 2:43 Maternity, Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)1905Nude Woman In A Red Armchair

89. 2:45, Nude Woman In A Red Armchair, Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)1932Portrait of Françoise

90, 2:47 Portrait of Françoise, Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)1946

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