Guercino (1591-1666) San Giovanni Battista nel deserto (Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness) 1652 Oil on canvas, 177.7 × 231.8 cm Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Othello et Desdémone (Othello and Desdemona) 1847–1849 Oil on canvas, 50.8 x 62.2 cm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Compare: Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Desdemona maudite par son père c.1852 Brooklyn Museum, New York See also: • Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Fenaison à Éragny (Haymaking at Éragny) 1901 Oil on canvas, 53.9 x 64.7 cm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa See also: • Éragny-sur-Epte (France)
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Adam 1507 Oil on panel, 209 x 81 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Dürer made this panel and its companion, Eve upon returning from his second trip to Italy in 1505. Both works constitute an effort to synthesize…
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Apollo e Dafne (Apollo and Daphne) 1741 Oil on canvas, 96 x 79 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Compare: Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Apollo insegue Dafne c.1755–1760 National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Ovid (43 BC-17/18 AD): The Metamorphoses (English)
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Apollo insegue Dafne (Apollo Pursuing Daphne) c.1755–1760 Oil on canvas, 68.5 x 87 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Throughout his career Tiepolo painted small pictures of mythological themes, which proved extremely popular. The subjects of these works…
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) San Rocco portato in cielo dagli angeli (Saint Roch Carried to Heaven by Angels) c.1735–1745 Oil on canvas, 41.4 x 33.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le fils prodigue (The Prodigal Son) c.1879 Oil on linen, 106.5 x 146.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Compare: Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le fils prodigue 1879 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Puvis de…