Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Angelo con corona di gigli (Angel with a crown of lilies) 1767–1769 Oil on canvas, 40 x 53 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This is a fragment of Saint Joseph with the infant Christ, painted for the…
Bronzino (1503-1572) Ritratto di Andrea Doria come Nettuno (Portrait of Andrea Doria in the Guise of Neptune) 1531–1533 Oil on canvas, 149 x 199.5 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano See also: • Doria, Andrea (1466-1560)
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Baccanale: un fauno preso in giro da bambini (Bacchanal: A Faun Teased by Children) c.1616–1617 Marble, 132.4 x 73.7 x 47.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The complex composition of intertwined figures, skillfully carved…
Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Les Poseuses (The Models) 1886–1888 Oil on canvas, 200 x 249.9 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia In this scene set inside the artist’s studio, Seurat depicts models posing in front of A Sunday on La Grande Jatte—1884 (1884–86;…
Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) Le cycliste (The Bicyclist) 1951 Oil on canvas, 130.8 x 97.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Straddling a bicycle, a sturdy woman stands still. One foot rests on the right pedal, the other on the…
Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) La femme au chat (Woman with a Cat) 1921 Oil on canvas, 130.8 × 90.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Woman with a Cat belongs to a group of monumental female figures that Léger painted…