a little gallery

Judith Beheading Holofernes by Caravaggio (1571-1610), 1599, oil on canvas

Ophelia by John William Waterhouse (1849-1917), 1910, oil on canvas

Still-Life with Bouquet of Flowers and Plums by Rachel Ruysch (1664–1750), 1704, oil on canvas

Saint Catherine of Alexandria by Caravaggio (1571-1610), 1598, oil on canvas

Odalisque at the Toilette by Vlaho Bukovac (1855-1922), 1882, oil on canvas

Anna von Waldberg by Hans Makart (1840-1884), 1883, oil on canvas

The Toilet of Venus by François Boucher (1703-1770), 1751, oil on canvas

Lady Charles Spencer by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), 1766, oil on canvas

A Vase of Flowers by Rachel Ruysch (1664–1750), 1706, oil on canvas

Song of the Angels by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905), 1881, oil on canvas

Mariamne Leaving the Judgement Seat of Herod by John William Waterhouse (1849-1917), 1887, oil on canvas

Miranda by Frederick Sandys (1829-1904), 1868, oil on panel

Psyche Carried off by the Zephyrs by Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (1758-1823), 1808, oil on canvas

- Georgia O’Keeffe

Portrait of a Chambermaid by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), 1625, oil on canvas

In November 1888, Van Gogh wrote: "Gauguin was telling me the other day—that he’d seen a painting by Claude Monet of sunflowers in a large Japanese vase, very fine. But—he likes mine better. I’m not of that opinion." Critics had earlier praised the "brio and daring" of Monet’s technique when he showed this still life, depicting sunflowers that grew along the pathway to his garden at Vétheuil, at the 1882 Impressionist exhibition. [x]