Tag: Art

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.…

Pinacoteca Vaticana

Founded: 1932 Address: WF42+7WV, Viale Centro del Bosco, 00120 Città del Vaticano Website: https://www.vaticanmuseumsrome.com/pinacoteca Collection: • Caravaggio (1571-1610): Deposizione (c.1600-04) • Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427): Dono alle fanciulle povere (1425) • Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427): La nascita di San Nicola (1425) • Gentile…

Le jour des morts (1859)

Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Le jour des morts (All Saints’ Day) 1859 Oil on canvas, 147 x 120 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux William Bouguereau presented at the Salon of 1859 Wounded Love, The Portrait of Madame Duret, painted in 1857, as well…

Musée des Beaux-Arts (Bordeaux)

Established: 1801 Location: 20, cours d’Albret, 33000 Bordeaux, France Website: https://www.musba-bordeaux.fr/ Collection: • Bouguereau, William (1825-1905): Le jour des morts (1859) See also: • Bordeaux (France) | Museums

La Parisienne (1874)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841–1919) La Parisienne (La Dame en Bleu, The Blue Lady) 1874 Oil on canvas, 163.2 x 108.3 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff See also: • Henriot, Henriette (1857-1944)