Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) Poetry 1879 Oil on wood panel National Museum Wales, Cardiff Pair: Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) Prose 1879 National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Poetry (1879)
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Madonna Ansidei (1505)
Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna Ansidei (Ansidei Madonna: The Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Nicholas of Bari) 1505 Oil on poplar, 216.8 × 147.6 cm National Gallery, London This is the main panel of the Ansidei Altarpiece that the…
Disegno architettonico (1518)
Michelangelo (1475-1564) Disegno architettonico (Architectural Drawing) 1518 Pen and brown ink on paper, 14.5 x 17.7 cm British Museum, London This drawing represents a semi-octagonal structure in plan and elevation, and is of problematic interpretation: it is clearly related to a…
La Piazza della Signoria a Firenze (1740)
Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780) La Piazza della Signoria a Firenze (The Piazza della Signoria in Florence) 1740 Oil on canvas, 61 × 90 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest See also: • Firenze (Italia) | Piazza della Signoria
Bonaparte visitant les pestiférés de Jaffa (1804)
Gros, Antoine-Jean (1771-1835) Bonaparte visitant les pestiférés de Jaffa (Bonaparte visiting the plague victims of Jaffa) 1804 Oil on canvas, 523 x 715 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Napoléon Bonaparte is shown visiting the plague victims of Jaffa (March 11, 1799). Mosque…
The Annunciation (1420-1425)
Campin, Robert (c.1378-1444) The Annunciation 1420–1425 Oil on oak panel, 76 x 70 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The event is set in a gothic temple, alluding to the New Law that replaces the old one, represented by the Romanesque tower in…
Prière à la mosquée (1871)
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Prière à la mosquée (Prayer in the Mosque) 1871 Oil on canvas, 88.9 x 74.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Gérôme painted this scene, which depicts the interior of the seventh-century mosque of ‘Amr in Cairo, after…
Sacré-Cœur (Paris)
Basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre Groundbreaking: 1875 Inauguration: 1891 Completed: 1914 Consecrated: 1919 Address: 35 Rue du Chevalier de la Barre, 75018 Paris, France Website: http://www.sacre-coeur-montmartre.com/ Le Sacré-Cœur in Art: Utrillo, Maurice (1883-1955) L’église Saint-Pierre et le Sacré-Cœur à Paris 1912…
Annunciazione (1578)
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Annunciazione (Annunciation) 1578 Oil on canvas, 271 x 541 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia
Arrivo degli ambasciatori (c.1497-1498)
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Arrivo degli ambasciatori (Arrival of the Ambassadors) c.1497–1498 Oil on canvas, 278 x 589 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia This is the first of nine paintings in the cycle of the Legend of St. Ursula (Storie di sant’Orsola). The paintings…