Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Arion sur un hippocampe (Arion on a Sea Horse) 1855 Oil on fabric, 71.3 x 111.8 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Arion on a Sea Horse and Bacchante on a Panther (pair). These paintings are from a…
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Une vocation (A Calling) 1896 Oil on fabric, 104 x 71 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Seated on a stone step in the countryside, a young girl has realized that her calling in life is to be…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) and Workshop Madonna con Bambino e San Giovanni Battista (Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist) c.1490 Tempera and oil on wood, diameter 68 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland The perfectly round form, called…
Boccioni, Umberto (1882-1916) Movimento (Movement) s.d. Lithograph Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland
Blake, William (1757-1827) St. Matthew 1799 Tempera on canvas, 38.5 x 26.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Like St. Matthew, William Blake reported having visions of angels throughout his life. The energy and awe with which the evangelist Saint Matthew…
Blake, William (1757-1827) The Holy Family (also known as Christ in the Lap of Truth) c.1805 Pen, ink and brush, 37.9 x 32.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Although he rejected institutionalized religion, Blake was intensely spiritual, and much of…
Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780) Piazza San Marco, Venezia (Piazza San Marco, Venice) c.1740 Oil on canvas, 136.2 x 232.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland This view of the Piazza San Marco, Venice shows Bellotto‘s devotion to faithful observation. At the left…
Address: Schloßstraße 27, 04860 Torgau, Germany Opened: 1470 Hartenfels Castle in Art: Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Hunting near Hartenfels Castle 1540 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland See also: • Castles | Torgau, Saxony (Germany)
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Hunting near Hartenfels Castle 1540 Oil on wood transferred to masonite, 116.8 x 170.2 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland The Protestant rulers of Saxony commissioned this animated hunt scene, set near their residence seen in…
Laurencin, Marie (1883-1956) Portrait de femme à la colombe (Portrait of a Woman with a Dove) 1932 Oil on canvas, 45.9 x 38.1 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris