Tag: Art

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)

National Museum Wales (Cardiff)

Founded: 1907 Opened: 1927 Location: Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NP, Wales Website: https://museum.wales/cardiff/ 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…

Crocifissione di Sant’Andrea (1606-1607)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Crocifissione di Sant’Andrea (The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew) 1606–1607 Oil on canvas, 202.5 x 152.7 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Although Saint Andrew is typically associated with an X-shaped cross, here he is depicted on a standard vertical cross.…

Cattura di Cristo (1602)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Cattura di Cristo (The Taking of Christ) 1602 Oil on canvas, 133.5 x 169.5 cm National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin Throughout history, few artists have caused as radical a change in pictorial perceptions as Caravaggio. From the moment his talent…

National Gallery of Ireland

Founded: 1854 Opened: 1864 Location: Merrion Square West, Dublin 2, Ireland Website: https://www.nationalgallery.ie/ 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…