Tag: Art

Le lever (1871)

Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Le lever (Young Mother Gazing at Her Child) 1871 Oil on canvas, 142.2 x 102.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This doting mother in picturesque dress and her angelic offspring are two of many such…

Erasmus of Rotterdam (c.1532)

Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Erasmus of Rotterdam c.1532 Oil on linden panel, 17.6 x 14 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Hans Holbein the Younger was one of the most celebrated portraitists of the sixteenth century. At an…

Portrait of a Man in Royal Livery (1532-1535)

Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Portrait of a Man in Royal Livery 1532–1535 Oil and gold on parchment, laid down on linden, diameter 9.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Holbein painted this small roundel about 1532–35, after his…

Edward VI as a Child (probably 1538)

Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Edward VI as a Child probably 1538 Oil on panel, 56.8 x 44 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Inscription: PARVVLE PATRISSA, PATRIÆ VIRTVTIS ET HÆRES / ESTO, NIHIL MAIVS MAXIMVS ORBIS HABET. / GNATVM…

Ritratto d’uomo (1550s)

Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Ritratto d’uomo (Portrait of a Man) 1550s Oil on canvas, 112.7 x 88.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York One of Tintoretto’s finest formal portraits, this painting depicts an unknown sitter now believed to be a…

Ritratto di giovane nobile (1551)

Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Ritratto di giovane nobile (Portrait of a young nobleman) 1551 Oil on canvas, 138.4 x 106.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This impressive and engaging portrait of a young nobleman, possibly a member of the…

Il Ritrovamento di Mosè (1560s?)

Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Il Ritrovamento di Mosè (The Finding of Moses) 1560s? Oil on canvas, 77.5 x 134 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The biblical story of the Finding of Moses was popular in Venice. Tintoretto gives it…

Il miracolo dei pani e dei pesci (1545-1550)

Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Il miracolo dei pani e dei pesci (The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes) c.1545–1550 Oil on canvas, 154.9 x 407.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York A crowd gathers in Tintoretto’s sprawling depiction of one…

Estate (c.1546-1548)

Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Estate (Summer) c.1546–1548 Oil on canvas, 105.7 x 193 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Summer is represented here as Ceres, goddess of agriculture, reclining in front of her attribute, a row of wheat stalks. The work…