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Incredulità di san Tommaso (1621)

Guercino (1591-1666) Incredulità di san Tommaso (The Incredulity of Saint Thomas) 1621 Oil on canvas, 115.6 x 142.5 cm National Gallery, London The New Testament recounts how, after his crucifixion, Christ rose from the dead and appeared to his apostles.…

San Pietro liberato da un angelo (c.1622)

Guercino (1591-1666) San Pietro liberato da un angelo (Saint Peter freed by an Angel) c.1622 Oil on canvas, 105 x 136 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid A youthful looking angel with curly hair imperiously points out the path of freedom…

Susanna e i vecchioni (1617)

Guercino (1591-1666) Susanna e i vecchioni (Susanna and the Elders) 1617 Oil on canvas, 176 x 208 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Historian Denis Mahon has masterfully shown that this painting and two other famous works by Guercino –Lot and…

Child in a Straw Hat (c.1886)

Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Child in a Straw Hat c.1886 Oil on canvas, 65.3 x 49.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from the waist up, a young girl wearing a slate-gray dress and straw hat stands with her hands…

The Loge (1878-1880)

Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) The Loge c.1878–1880 Oil on canvas, 79.8 x 63.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from the knees up, two young women with pale, peachy skin wearing white gowns sit close together and almost fill this…

Little Girl in a Blue Armchair (1878)

Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Little Girl in a Blue Armchair 1878 Oil on canvas, 89.5 x 129.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A small brown dog and a pale-skinned little girl wearing a white dress sit in matching celestial-blue armchairs…

Nu couché (1917)

Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Nu couché (Reclining Nude) 1917 Oil on canvas, 60.6 x 92.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Modigliani’s celebrated series of reclining nudes, begun in 1916, is influenced by Italian Renaissance representations of Venus and other idealized…

Jeanne Hébuterne (1919)

Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Jeanne Hébuterne 1919 Oil on canvas, 91.4 x 73 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Little known outside of Paris during his lifetime, Modigliani is now recognized as one of the greatest figurative painters of the early…

Dante et Virgile (1850)

Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Dante et Virgile (Dante and Virgil) 1850 Oil on canvas, 280.5 x 225.3 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Alighieri, Dante (1265-1321) | Vergilius Maro, Publius (70 BC-19 BC)