Still Life with Flowers and Prickly Pears

Plate 6 from the fourth set of Thomas and William Daniell's 'Oriental Scenery,' which they called 'Twenty-four Landscapes.' The views progress northwards from the far south at Cape...

In 1899, Gauguin's mistress, Pahura, gave birth to a son, who gave the artist a new lease on life. After months of inaction due to poverty and ill health, Gauguin began to paint ag...

Flat round ivory box, the lid carved in rather high relief in two pears, one bunch of grapes, forget-me-name (three), six-leaf flower, rose, and associated foliage....