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Amnon e Tamar (1649-1650)

Guercino (1591-1666) Amnon e Tamar (Amnon and Tamar) 1649–1650 Oil on canvas, 123 x 158.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from the thighs up, a light-skinned man and woman gesture dramatically, partially covered only by colorful lengths of…

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…

Poèmes Barbares (1896)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Poèmes Barbares (Savage Poems) 1896 Oil on canvas, 64.8 x 48.3 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA Gauguin’s model for this painting was likely Pau’ura a Tai, a 14-year-old girl whom the artist described as his “native wife”…

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…

A Naiad (1893)

Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) A Naiad (or Hylas with a Nymph) 1893 Oil on canvas, 66 x 127 cm Private collection