Behind the scenes: 10 revealing images of artists' studios

Behind the scenes: 10 revealing images of artists' studios Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna From the Middle Ages to today, a new book offers a glimpse into the inner sanctums of artists through the centuries. "And the painting is testament to Christus's own perfect vision, as the detail – like the vases and items on the shelf - is extraordinary," Hall adds. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Self-Portrait with Two Pupils, Marie Gabrielle Capet and Marie Marguerite Carreaux de Rosemond, 1785, by Adélaïde Labille-Guiard Self-Portrait with Two Pupils, 1785 This picture by French artist Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, depicting herself and two pupils, Marie Gabrielle Capet and Marie Marguerite Carraux de Rosemond, "almost epitomises Leonardo da Vinci's desire that painting should be a relaxed effortless, social event", says Hall, describing the image as "a sort of Leonardesque fantasy". "The funny thing is, Nazarenes were against oversophisticated art, and he's come all the way into the countryside, to paint a single flower," says Hall. Musée Rodin, Paris Rodin in his Pavilion Studio, c 1902, Eugène Druet Rodin in his Pavilion Studio, c 1902 The idea of the studio as a monk's cell goes mainstream with French sculptor François Auguste René Rodin, as captured here by Eugène Druet, "This is in large measure because the sculptor's studio is very severe, and has all these clay and plaster models, all the walls are painted white, he's surrounded almost entirely by white plaster sculptures and fragments," says Hall.