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500 Years of Female Portraits in Western Art

Do artistic geniuses really think alike? If you are a believer of that statement, then this video is proof. It surveys over 500 years of female portraits, from da Vinci to Picasso, according to their similarity to the portrait that came before it. This beautiful art video is set to Bach's lovely Sarabande from Suite for a Solo Cello in G, to enhance your enjoyment of the video.

As the faces fade into each other, try and guess which paintings they are, and if you need some help, we have provided you with an informative table below that will tell you exactly which portrait was displayed when. This video is truly a testament to that it is a small artistic world after all.

 

The Portraits:

 

Portrait

Title Artist Time
female portraits Archangel  (Angel of the Golden Locks)

Novgorod School,
Russia

0:00
female portraits

La Scapigliata

(The Lady of the Dishevelled Hair)

Leonardo da Vinci
(1452-1519)

0:01
female portraits The Madonna of the Caranation Leonardo da Vinci 0:03
female portraits

Mona Lisa

(La Gioconda)

Leonardo da Vinci 0:05
female portraits Lady with a Unicorn Raphael (1483-1520) 0:07
female portraits The Birth of Venus Sandro Botticelli (1444-1510) 0:09
female portraits Portrait of a Young Woman Titian or Tiziano Vecellio (1490-1576) 0:11
female portraits Portrait of a Lady as St. Lucy Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio (1467-1516) 0:13
female portraits Sacred Conversation Giovanni Bellini (1430-1516) 0:14
female portraits Profane Love (Vanity) Titian 0:16
female portraits Judith with the Head of Holofernes Titian 0:18
female portraits Mary Magdalene Pietro Perugino (1448-1523) 0:20
female portraits Portrait of Ginevra de' Benci Leonardo da Vinci 0:22
female portraits Lady with an Ermine, Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani Leonardo da Vinci 0:24
female portraits Virgin Annunciate, Maria der Verkundigung Antonello da Messina (1430-1479) 0:26
female portraits La Donna Velata Raphael 0:28
female portraits Portrait of a Young Venetian Woman, Red-haired Woman from Venice Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) 0:30
female portraits Portrait of a Woman Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553) 0:32
female portraits Portrat der Maria Maddalena Portinari Hans Memling (1430/40-1494) 1470
female portraits Lais of Corinth Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543) 0:35
female portraits Portrait of Elsbeth Tucher Albrecht Durer 0:37
female portraits Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792) 0:39
female portraits Jane, Countess of Harrington Sir Joshua Reynolds 0:41
female portraits Mrs. John Hale Sir Joshua Reynolds 0:43
female portraits Mrs. Abington Sir Joshua Reynolds 0:44
female portraits Charlotte-Aglae d'Orleans, Duchesse de Modene Pierre Gobert (1622-1744) 0:46
female portraits Portrait of Suzanna Huygens Casper Netscher (1639-1684) 0:48
female portraits The Marquise de Seignelay and Two of her Children Pierre Mignard (1612-1695) 0:50
female portraits Madame Victoire de France Jean-Marc Nattier (1685-1766) 0:52
female portraits Portrait of an Unknown Woman in a Blue Dress with Yellow Trimmings Fyodor Rokotov (1735-1808) 0:54
female portraits Le Chapeau de Paille (The Straw Hat) Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1250) 0:56
female portraits Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat Elisabeth Louise Vigee-Le Brun (1755-1842) 0:58
female portraits Portrait of Lady-in-Waiting to the Infanta Isabella Peter Paul Rubens 1:00
female portraits Lady with a Flower in her Hair El Greco (1541-1614) 1:01
female portraits Madame Barbe de Rimsky-Korsakov Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-1873) 1:03
female portraits Young Housewife Alexei Vasilievich Tyranov (1808-1859) 1:05
female portraits Portrait of M. I. Lopukhina Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky (1757-1825) 1:07
female portraits Portrait of V. S. Putyatina Alexey Gavrilovich Venetsianov (1780-1847) 1:09
female portraits Madame Pasteur Antoine-Jean Gros (1771-1835) 1:11
 
 
female portraits Amalie von Schintling Joseph Karl Stieler (1781-1858) 1:13
female portraits Portrait of M. A. Kinkia Orest Adamovich Kiprensky (1782-1836) 1:15
female portraits Woman with a Pearl Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796-1875) 1:17
female portraits The Reading Edouard Manet (1832-1883) 1:18
female portraits Berthe Morisot Edouard Manet 1:20
female portraits Charolette Dubourg Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904) 1:22
female portraits Portrait of an Italian Woman Alexei Vasilievich Tyranov 1:24
female portraits Princess Albert de Broglie Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867) 1:26
female portraits An Elegant Beauty William Clark Wontner 1:28
female portraits Souvenir William-Adolphe Bouguereau 1:30
female portraits La Belle Liseuse (The Beautiful Reader) Leon Francois Comerre (1850-1916) 1:31
female portraits Modesti William-Adolphe Bouguer 1:33
female portraits Pavonia Lord Frederick Leighton (1830-1896) 1:35
female portraits A Portrait of a Young Lady Eugene de Blaas (1843-1931) 1:37
female portraits Musette Eugene de Blaas 1:39
female portraits An Arab Beauty Leon Francois Comerre 1:41
female portraits Girl Braiding Her Hair (Suzanne Valadon) Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) 1:43
female portraits Portrait of Madame Henriot Pierre Auguste Renoir 1:45
female portraits Two Sister on a Terrace Pierre Auguste Renoir 1:47
female portraits Portrait of the Actress Jeanne Samary Pierre Auguste Renoir 1:48
female portraits La Chevelure, Young Woman Braiding her Hair Pierre Auguste Renoir 1:50
female portraits Blonde Nude Pierre Auguste Renoir 1:52
female portraits La Promenade Edouard Manet 1:54
female portraits Portrait of Maggie Wilson Frank Duveneck (1848-1919) 1:56
female portraits Woman with a Pearl Necklace in a Loge Mary Cassat (1844-1926) 1:58
female portraits Ideal Head Julian Alden Wier (1852-1919) 2:00
female portraits Portrait of a Woman Paul Cesar Helleu (1859-1927) 2:01
female portraits Ols Maria Anders Zorn (1860-1920) 2:03
female portraits The Artist Alphonse Maria Mucha (1860-1939) 2:05
female portraits The Matyr of the Solway John Everett Millais (1829-1896) 2:07
female portraits Madeleine Bernard Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) 2:09
female portraits Woman with a Hat Henri Matisse (1869-1903) 2:11
female portraits Madras Rouge Henri Matisse 2:13
female portraits Cocolo Francia Picabia (1879-1953) 2:15
female portraits Ritatto di Signora di Klimt Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) 2:16
female portraits La fleur (serigraph) Henri Matisse 2:18
female portraits Portrait of Lydia Delectorskaya, the Artist's Secretary Henri Matisse 2:20
female portraits The Mask Louis Welden Hawkins (1849-1910) 2:22
female portraits Les Fleurs du Mal (Flowers of Evil) Rene Magritte (1898-1967) 2:24
female portraits F. Champenois Alphonse Maria Mucha (1860-1939) 2:26
female portraits Cycles Perfecta Alphonse Maria Mucha 2:28
female portraits Raphaelesque Head Exploding Salvador Dali (1904-1989) 2:30
female portraits Head Bombarded with Grains of Wheat Salvador Dali 2:31
female portraits Apparition of a Face with a Fruit Dish on a Beach Salvador Dali 2:33
female portraits Woman Torso Kazimir Malevich 2:35
female portraits American Beauty (The Movie Star) Knud Merrild (1894-1954) 2:37
female portraits Portrait of Lunia Czechowska Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) 2:39
female portraits Tumblers (Mother and Son) Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) 2:41
female portraits Maternity Pablo Picasso 2:43
female portraits Nude Woman in a Red Armchair Pablo Picasso 2:45
female portraits Portrait of Francoise Pablo Picasso 2:47

 

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