Ophelia (1851-1852)

Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) Ophelia 1851–1852 Oil on canvas, 76.2 x 111.8 cm Tate Britain, London The scene depicted is from Shakespeare‘s Hamlet, Act IV, Scene vii. See also: • Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) | Siddal, Elizabeth (1829-1862)

Madonna Montalto (c.1600)

Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Madonna Montalto (The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist) c.1600 Oil on copper, 35 x 27.5 cm National Gallery, London Domesticity reigns in this exquisite little picture. A delightfully pretty Virgin Mary balances a squirming,…

Madonna and Child (1512)

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Madonna and Child 1512 Oil on lime, 49.3 × 37.4 × 2.8 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscription on the top right with the monogram, dat. 1512 The relatively small-format painting was certainly intended as a private devotional picture;…

The Four Rivers of Paradise (c.1615)

Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) The Four Rivers of Paradise c.1615 Oil on canvas, 208 × 283 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna According to the conventional interpretation, the four continents are depicted here as female allegoric figures paired with the gods of their…

Susanna e i vecchioni (c.1555-1556)

Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Susanna e i vecchioni (Susanna and the Elders) c.1555–1556 Oil on canvas, 146 × 193.6 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna In the Old Testament, it is told how Susanna receives lewd proposals from two men who have secretly intruded…

Le simulacre transparent de l’image feinte (1938)

Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) Le simulacre transparent de l’image feinte (The Transparent Simulacrum of the Feigned Image) 1938 Oil on canvas, 72.39 x 92.07 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo In 1929, Salvador Dalí joined the artists of the Surrealist movement in…

En promenade près d’Argenteuil (1875)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) En promenade près d’Argenteuil (Out for a Walk near Argenteuil) 1875 Oil on canvas, 61 x 81.4 cm Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris See also: • Argenteuil (France) | Doncieux, Camille (1847-1879) | Monet, Jean (1867-1914)