Cristo en la cruz
Artist: Francisco Goya
A Crucifixion attributed to Francisco Goya, considered through what is visible and what the supplied source can, and cannot, establish.
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Ashes
Artist: Edvard Munch
A canvas in Bergen carries two names in its own record: a sketch for Edvard Munch's Ashes, and Forest. This tour examines what is actually documented about the object, and where the evidence stops.
Field of Poppies, Giverny
Artist: Claude Monet
A short gallery tour of Monet's 1885 landscape Field of Poppies, Giverny, looking at how a working poppy field becomes a study in colour, distance and the act of seeing. Each claim is matched to the supplied record, and the limits of that record are stated plainly.
The Star
Artist: Edgar Degas
A solo dancer stands alone on a raked stage, caught in stage light. Edgar Degas made this pastel over an ink monotype around 1876 to 1878, and the layered process is part of how the picture works. Wikimedia Commons files the sheet under portraits of Rosita Mauri, a dancer, while also categorising it among Degas's pastels of ballet dancers and among his pastel-over-monotype works dated 1876. This docent tour explains what the sheet is, how its making shapes the image, and where the evidence stops.
Famous Places in Japan: Shichirigahama Beach
Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige
A coastal view from Hiroshige's Famous Places in Japan series, showing Shichirigahama Beach with a large breaking wave, travellers, pines and the bay. The online record identifies the print and its series, but leaves the exact impression, dimensions and present custody undocumented.
Woman Holding a Balance
Artist: Johannes Vermeer
A quiet domestic interior by Johannes Vermeer, painted around 1664, in which a woman stands at a table holding a small balance at equilibrium, while a painting of the Last Judgment hangs behind her. This short tour looks at how the picture's composition, light and objects support a reading of inner balance and conscience.
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