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Crocifissione (c.1587-1588)

Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Crocifissione (The Crucifixion) c.1587–1588 Oil on canvas laid on panel, 81.5 × 61.5 cm Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven

Piccola macelleria (c.1582)

Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Piccola macelleria (The Butcher’s Shop) c.1582 Oil on canvas, 59.7 x 71 cm Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth Around the time that he painted The Butcher’s Shop, in about 1582, Annibale Carracci joined his older cousin Ludovico and…

Ragazzo che beve (1582-1583)

Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Ragazzo che beve (Boy Drinking) 1582–1583 Oil on canvas, 55.8 x 43.7 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Together with his brother Agostino and cousin Lodovico, Annibale Carracci introduced artistic reforms in Italy based on close observation of…

Incoronazione della Vergine (after 1595)

Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Incoronazione della Vergine (The Coronation of the Virgin) after 1595 Oil on canvas, 117.8 x 141.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This majestic picture—a window onto heaven—was painted for Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini (1571–1621) following the artist’s…

Bruto e Arrunte (c.1728-1730)

Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Bruto e Arrunte (Death of consul L. J. Brutus in a duel with Arruns) c.1728–1730 Oil on canvas, 383 × 182 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscription: On the typeface above the ballhorned quote: MVTVO VVLNERE OCCVBVIT ADVLTERVM FERE…

Ritorno del figliol prodigo (1619)

Guercino (1591-1666) Ritorno del figliol prodigo (Homecoming of the Prodigal Son) 1619 Oil on canvas, 107 × 143.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Compare: Guercino (1591-1666) Il ritorno del figliol prodigo 1654–1655 Timken Museum of Art, San Diego    

Ninfa e pastore (c.1570-1575)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ninfa e pastore (Nymph and shepherd) c.1570–1575 Oil on canvas, 149.6 × 187 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The theme on which the picture is based has not yet been satisfactorily clarified, but Titian raised it to the mythical level…

Bacchus (1638-1640)

Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Bacchus 1638–1640 Oil on canvas, 191 x 161.3 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Bacchanalia was a favourite theme in Rubens‘s work, although Bacchus himself was rarely the subject of his paintings. He saw the subject as reflecting…

Daniel in the Lions’ Den (c.1614-1616)

Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Daniel in the Lions’ Den c.1614–1616 Oil on canvas, 224.2 x 330.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington The Old Testament recounts how the Persian king Darius I “The Great” (550–486 BC) condemned the devout and steadfast…