Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) The Nymph of the Spring after 1537 Oil on panel, 48.4 x 72.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington The nymph reclines beside a spring, perhaps a reference to a legendary ancient Roman fountain with which a…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Jeune femme lisant (A Young Woman Reading) c.1866–1868 Oil on canvas, 60 x 72.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Venere adornata dalle Grazie (Venus Adorned by the Graces) c.1590–1595 Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 133 x 170.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In the left half of this horizontal painting, a bare-chested, seated woman, Venus, is…
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Il rapimento di Elena di Troia (The Abduction of Helen of Troy) c.1685–1690 Oil on canvas, 227 x 193.5 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Ercole e Anteo (Hercules and Antaeus) c.1570 Oil on canvas, 152.4 x 101.6 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Susanna e i vecchioni (Susanna and the Elders) c.1720 Oil on canvas, 66.7 x 54.3 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) La Crucifixion (The Crucifixion) 1644–1646 Oil on canvas, 148.59 x 218.44 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford This Crucifixion dramatically illustrates the moment of Christ’s death when the sky went dark, graves were opened, and the bodies of the saved rose…
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) The Flag Outside her Window, April, 1918 (The Boys Marching By) 1918 Oil on canvas, 81.3 x 72.1 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford A young woman turns her attention to the parade for Preparedness Day, an event marking America’s participation…
Guercino (1591-1666) Nudo con drappeggi (Nude with Drapery) s.d. Pencil on paper, 18.9 x 23.8 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Constable, John (1776-1837) Study of a Female Nude 1811 Black and white chalk on blue paper Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford