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A bronze sculpture of a dancer looking at the sole of her right foot

Dancer Looking at the Sole of her Right Foot

Edgar Degas

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A worn-looking front cover of a manuscript book. The words 'AVANT et après' are seen at the top, and '1903' at the bottom, with 'P Gauguin' in the centre. The text is surrounded by drawings and illustrations, including three masks and details of columns and crests, dotted around the page.

Avant et après (Before and after) 

Paul Gauguin

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Incense burner of pierced and engraved brass inlaid with silver, with images of the planets within roundels, Mamluk, Syria, 13th century

Incense Burner

Syria (Mamluk Sultanate, 1250-1517), Around 1280-90

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This gothic ivory contrasts the tenderness of the Virgin Mary holding the Child with the anguish of the Crucifixion. When the diptych is opened, Mary appears to look directly at her son on the cross

Diptych with the Virgin and Child and the Crucifixion

Paris, 1325-50

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A white bust of Mette, Paul Gauguin’s Danish wife on a plinth

Portrait of Mette Gauguin

Paul Gauguin

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Dr Esther Chadwick

Esther Chadwick is a specialist in eighteenth-century British art, with a focus on printmaking....

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Picture of Jasmine Clark

Jasmine Clark

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potrait picture of Dr Ketty Gottardo, Martin Halusa Curator of Drawings, in one of the Courtauld's gallery rooms

Ketty Gottardo

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A chair with an embroidered floral seat back and a black seat cushion

Chair with Floral Seat Back

Attributed to Roger Fry (1866–1934) for the Omega Workshops Ltd, embroidered by Winifred Gill (1891–1981) or Vanessa Bell (1879–1961), 1913

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A children's book illustration of a girl who sits asleep on an island, surrounded by creatures - blue birds, white deer, and red fish - in pairs, emphasising her solitude. The print uses vivid colours of blue, green, red and yellow and bold black lines. 'DIE TRÄUMENDEN KNABEN.' is read on the right hand side.

Sleeping Girl (from The Dreaming Youths)

Oskar Kokoschka

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This richly decorated object, called a pax (peace in Latin), was kissed by worshippers at the end of church Mass – a practice called the kiss of peace.

Enamel plaque set in a gilt bronze Pax

Pseudo-Monvaerni Master (active around 1479-1500), 1470-1500

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The painting offers a disorienting scene of partially constructed floor levels, jutting beams and extremes of light and dark. Auerbach’s use of red throughout the work gives fiery intensity to the painting, as if we are witness to an intense, almost hellish, vision.

Rebuilding the Empire Cinema, Leicester Square

Frank Auerbach

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