Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) San Sebastiano (St. Sebastian) c.1457–1459 Oil on poplar, 68 × 30 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Sebastian was the leader of the bodyguard of the Roman emperor Diocletian and was sentenced to death for his Christian faith. The saint…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Buenaventura en el Concilio de Lyon (Saint Bonaventure at the Council of Lyon) c.1629 Oil on canvas, 250 x 225 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Church of Saint Bonaventure College, Seville, circa 1629; deposited, by order of…
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Christophe Colomb et son fils à La Rábida (Christopher Columbus and His Son at La Rábida) 1838 Oil on canvas, 90.3 x 118 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Colombo, Cristoforo (1451-1506) | La Rábida |…
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) La soeur de l’artiste à la fenêtre (The Artist’s Sister at a Window) 1869 Oil on canvas, 54.8 x 46.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A young woman with pale peach skin and light brown hair sits…
Canaletto (1697-1768) Capriccio: Un palazzo con cortile sulla laguna (Capriccio: A Palace with a Courtyard by the Lagoon) c.1750–1755 Pen, ink and brush on paper, 26.9 x 42.1 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Privileged young Europeans embarking on the Grand…
Bramante (1444-1514) Strada con vari edifici, colonnati e un arco (A street with various buildings, colonnades and an arch) 1475–1510 Engraving, 25.4 × 37.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Tissot, James (1836-1902) La présentation de Jésus au Temple (The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple) 1886–1894 Watercolor on paper, 22.2 x 15.2 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Forty days after the birth of Jesus, the Holy Family travels to Jerusalem…
Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) The Bridge of Sighs c.1903–1904 Watercolor on paper, 25.4 x 35.6 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Sargent used multiple techniques to create light and highlights in this work. The most obvious is the application of white impasto…
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) La Cour de l’Hermite dans le Colisée (The Hermit’s Court in the Colosseum) 1758 Red chalk on paper, 37 x 28.3 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Lavanda dei piedi (Christ Washing His Disciples’ Feet) c.1545–1555 Oil on canvas, 154.9 × 407.7 cm Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto