Month: February 2013

Primavera (1573)

Arcimboldo, Giuseppe (1526-1593) Primavera (Spring) 1573 Oil on panel, 76 x 63.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The four seasons, © Musée du Louvre/A. Dequier – M. Bard Origin: Series of four paintings (R.F. 1964-30 to 33) representing the Seasons, most…

Inverno (1573)

Arcimboldo, Giuseppe (1526-1593) Inverno (Winter) 1573 Oil on panel, 76 x 63.6 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The four seasons, © Musée du Louvre/A. Dequier – M. Bard Origin: Series of four paintings (R.F. 1964-30 to 33) representing the Seasons, most…

Estate (1573)

Arcimboldo, Giuseppe (1526-1593) Estate (Summer) 1573 Oil on panel, 76 x 64 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The four seasons, © Musée du Louvre/A. Dequier – M. Bard Origin: Series of four paintings (R.F. 1964-30 to 33) representing the Seasons, most…

Autunno (1573)

Arcimboldo, Giuseppe (1526-1593) Autunno (Autumn) 1573 Oil on panel, 76 x 63.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The four seasons, © Musée du Louvre/A. Dequier – M. Bard Origin: Series of four paintings (R.F. 1964-30 to 33) representing the Seasons, most…

Corpus Hypercubus (1954)

Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) Corpus Hypercubus (Crucifixion) 1954 Oil on canvas, 194.3 x 123.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Dalí utilized his theory of “nuclear mysticism,” a fusion of Catholicism, mathematics, and science, to create this unusual interpretation of Christ’s…

Salvador Dalí Museum (St. Petersburg)

Founded: 1982 Address: 1 Dali Blvd, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, United States Website: https://thedali.org/ The old Salvador Dalí Museum. Salvador Dalí with Reynolds and Eleanor Morse, founders of the museum. Collection: • Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989): La Découverte des Amériques (1958-59)…

El Sacramento de la Última Cena (1955)

Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) El Sacramento de la Última Cena (The Sacrament of the Last Supper) 1955 Oil on canvas, 166.7 cm × 267 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington One transparent, ghostly man sits and twelve more people wearing long robes…

The Virgin of Chancellor Rolin (1434-1435)

Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) The Virgin of Chancellor Rolin c.1434–1435 Oil on panel, 66 x 62 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Painted for Nicolas Rolin (around 1376/80-1462), chancellor of the Duke of Burgundy Philippe the Good, to adorn the personal chapel (Saint-Sébastien…