Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) La soeur aînée, réduction (The Elder Sister, reduction) c.1864 Oil on panel, 55.6 x 45.6 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Signed lower right on chest: “W Bouguereau” This painting portrays a young woman dressed in garments that seem…
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Madonna col Bambino (Virgin and Child) c.1720–1725 Oil on canvas, 64.3 x 48.3 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Woman with Baby c.1902 Pastel on gray paper, 72.1 x 53 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Il ritrovamento di Mosè (The Finding of Moses) 1740–1745 Oil on canvas, 234.5 × 308 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) La Inmaculada Concepción (The Immaculate Conception) c.1665 Oil on canvas, 235 × 208 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Riposo durante la Fuga in Egitto (Rest on the Flight into Egypt) 1597 Oil on canvas, 135.5 x 166.5 cm Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Roma The “Rest” is a masterpiece of extraordinary beauty and exceptional communicative immediacy by the young…
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) La Virgen y el Niño con santa Rosa de Viterbo (The Virgin and Child with Saint Rose of Viterbo) c.1670 Oil on canvas, 190 x 147 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Together with The Adoration of the Magi,…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Virgin and Child with a Bunch of Grapes c.1509–1510 Oil on panel, 71.5 x 44.2 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Together with Albrecht Dürer, Lucas Cranach the Elder was one of the leading figures in the 16th-century…
Duccio di Buoninsegna (c.1255-c.1319) Maestà (Madonna with Angels and Saints) 1308–1311 Tempera on wood, 214 x 412 cm Duomo di Siena, Siena This was the central panel of the Maestà altarpiece in the Cathedral of Siena. Virtual reconstruction of the…
Brueghel, Pieter the Younger (1564-1638) Garland with the Adoration of the Magi 16th–17th century Oil on copper, 35 x 29 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The flower garland frames an oval medallion with the Adoration of the Kings. Large flowers…