Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Apoteosi dei Medici (Apotheosis of the Medici) early 1680s Oil on canvas, 139 x 65.2 cm National Gallery, London This modello, or detailed oil study, is one of a group of 12 paintings – ten of which are in…
Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711) Apollo and Aurora 1671 Oil on canvas, 204.5 x 193.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Largely forgotten today, De Lairesse was celebrated in his lifetime as a painter and advocate for an idealizing manner based…