Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Roméo et Juliette (Romeo and Juliet) 1905 Marble, 71 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg See also: • Shakespeare, William (1564-1616): Romeo and Juliet (1595)
Roméo et Juliette (1905)
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The Terrace, Berne (1875)
Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910) The Terrace, Berne 1875 Watercolor and brush on paper, 35.5 x 44.3 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Inscription: ‘Berne, from terrace of hotel where we first stayed on our wedding journey’ See also: • Bern (Switzerland)
Nascita di San Giovanni Battista (1550s)
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Nascita di San Giovanni Battista (Birth of St John the Baptist) 1550s Oil on canvas, 181 x 266 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Jacopo Tintoretto was the last great master of the Italian Renaissance. The majority of his…
Adorazione di Gesù Bambino (c.1480)
Lippi, Filippino (1457-1504) Adorazione di Gesù Bambino (Adoration of the Christ Child) c.1480 Tempera on canvas, diameter 33 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Filippino Lippi was the son of the artist-monk, Fra Filippo Lippi, and himself a pupil of Botticelli. This…
Ritratto di un uomo (1533-1534)
Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Ritratto di un uomo (Portrait of a Man, possibly Girolamo Rosati) 1533–1534 Oil on canvas, 108.2 x 100.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland The gesture of the elegantly dressed man is a mystery. Is he rising from…
Vespertina Quies (1893)
Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) Vespertina Quies (Evening Quiet) 1893 Oil on canvas, 107.9 x 62.2 cm Tate Britain, London This picture evokes a mood of contemplation and stillness. Its Latin title means ‘Evening Quiet’. Burne-Jones is believed to have employed a model…
Betsabea (c.1636-1637)
Gentileschi, Artemisia (1593-c.1653) Betsabea (Bathsheba) c.1636–1637 Oil on canvas, 265.4 x 209.5 cm Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus
Helen of Troy (1898)
De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) Helen of Troy 1898 Oil on canvas, 124 x 73.8 cm De Morgan Collection
La mort de Sénèque (1773)
David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825) La mort de Sénèque (The Death of Seneca) 1773 Oil on canvas, 123 x 160 cm Petit Palais, Paris See also: • Seneca, Lucius Annaeus minor (4 BC-65 AD)
Annunciazione (1578)
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Annunciazione (Annunciation) 1578 Oil on canvas, 271 x 541 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia