Category: Works

Le jour des morts (1859)

Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Le jour des morts (All Saints’ Day) 1859 Oil on canvas, 147 x 120 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux William Bouguereau presented at the Salon of 1859 Wounded Love, The Portrait of Madame Duret, painted in 1857, as well…

La Parisienne (1874)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841–1919) La Parisienne (La Dame en Bleu, The Blue Lady) 1874 Oil on canvas, 163.2 x 108.3 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff See also: • Henriot, Henriette (1857-1944)

Crocifissione di Sant’Andrea (1606-1607)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Crocifissione di Sant’Andrea (The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew) 1606–1607 Oil on canvas, 202.5 x 152.7 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Although Saint Andrew is typically associated with an X-shaped cross, here he is depicted on a standard vertical cross.…

Cattura di Cristo (1602)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Cattura di Cristo (The Taking of Christ) 1602 Oil on canvas, 133.5 x 169.5 cm National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin Throughout history, few artists have caused as radical a change in pictorial perceptions as Caravaggio. From the moment his talent…

John Frederick I (1530s)

Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Portrait of John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony c.1530s Oil on panel, 62.8 x 39.7 cm Private Collection See also: • John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1503-1554)

Frederick III the Wise (1533)

Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) & Workshop Frederick III the Wise 1533 Oil on beech, 20.3 x 14.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York These posthumous portraits of the Saxon electors Friedrich III, the Wise, and Johann I, the Constant…

Portrait of Frederick the Wise (1530-1535)

Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Portrait of Frederick the Wise 1530–1535 Oil on panel, 62.9 x 47.3 cm Private Collection Compare: Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Portrait of Frederick the Wise c.1525 Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia     Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Frederick…

San Giovanni Battista (c.1602)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) San Giovanni Battista (St John the Baptist) c.1602 Oil on canvas, 132 x 97 cm Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Roma Compare: Caravaggio (1571-1610) San Giovanni Battista 1602 Musei Capitolini, Roma