Tag: Art

Auguste Rodin

(1840–1917) François-Auguste-René Rodin The artist’s works: Buste de jeune fille 1868 National Gallery of Art, Washington L’Âge d’airain 1875–1876 Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen L’Âge d’airain modeled 1876, cast c.1906 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Jardinière des Titans c.1877 Petit Palais, Paris Adam 1880–1881 Metropolitan Museum…

Musée Rodin (Paris)

Opened: 1919 Location: 77 Rue de Varenne, 75007 Paris, France Website: http://www.musee-rodin.fr/ Collection: • Claudel, Camille (1864-1943): Auguste Rodin (1892) • Claudel, Camille (1864-1943): Portrait de Rodin (1888-89) • Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917): Gustav Mahler (1909) • Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917): Le Baiser (c.1882)…

Santa Caterina d’Alessandria (c.1598-1599)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Santa Caterina d’Alessandria (Saint Catherine of Alexandria) c.1598–1599 Oil on canvas, 173 x 133 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid This painting was almost certainly commissioned in Rome by Caravaggio’s first patron, Cardinal Francesco Maria del Monte. Captured in a strikingly natural…

Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza

Established: 1992 Location: Paseo del Prado 8, 28014 Madrid Website: https://www.museothyssen.org/ Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also:…

David con la testa di Golia (c.1600)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) David con la testa di Golia (David and Goliath) c.1600 Oil on canvas, 110.4 x 91.3 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Compared with the many other treatments of this well-known biblical episode, the scene depicted in the Prado picture is…

Museo del Prado (Madrid)

Established: 1819 Location: Calle Ruiz de Alarcón 23, Madrid 28014 Website: https://www.museodelprado.es/en Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See…

Ecce Homo (c.1605)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Ecce Homo c.1605 Oil on canvas, 128 x 103 cm Palazzo Bianco, Genova The canvas, the origin of which is still unclear, was recorded in the inventory of Palazzo Bianco in 1921 as being a copy by Lionello Spada of…

Palazzo Rosso (Genova)

Founded: 1677 Address: Via Garibaldi 18, 16124 Genova, Italia Website: https://www.museidigenova.it/en/palazzo-rosso-0 Collection: • Guercino (1591-1666): La morte di Cleopatra (1648) See also: • Genova (Italia) | Museums | Palaces

Deposizione (c.1600-1604)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Deposizione (Entombment of Christ) c.1600–1604 Oil on canvas, 300 x 203 cm Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vaticano The Deposition, considered one of Caravaggio‘s greatest masterpieces, was commissioned by Girolamo Vittrice for his family chapel in S. Maria in Vallicella (Chiesa Nuova) in Rome.…