Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Virgen Niña (The Young Virgin) c.1632–1633 Oil on canvas, 116.8 x 94 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York According to medieval legend, as a girl the Virgin Mary lived in the Temple in Jerusalem, where…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Omaggio a Venere (Worship of Venus) 1518 Oil on canvas, 172 x 175 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Titian‘s first contribution to the Camerino d’Alabastro was prompted by the death in October 1517 of Fra Bartolommeo from whom Alfonso d’Este…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Casa de Nazareth (Christ and the Virgin in the House at Nazareth) c.1640 Oil on canvas, 165 x 218.2 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Stories of Christ’s childhood and adolescence became increasingly popular during the Counter-Reformation…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Limones, naranjas y rosa (Still Life with Lemons, Oranges and a Rose) 1633 Oil on canvas, 62.2 x 109.5 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena This extraordinary painting by Zurbarán, the only signed and dated still life by…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Nacimiento de la Virgen (The Birth of the Virgin) c.1627 Oil on canvas, 141 x 108.6 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena Just as striking as Zurbarán’s color scheme are his rich, descriptive treatment of the drapery, and…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Monsieur et Madame Auguste Manet (Manet’s parents) 1860 Oil on canvas, 110 x 90 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Fournier, Eugénie Désirée, Mme Auguste Manet | Manet, Auguste
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Les Deux Soeurs, Sur la terrasse (Two Sisters, On the Terrace) 1881 Oil on canvas, 100.4 × 80.9 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago “He loves everything that is joyous, brilliant, and consoling in life,” an anonymous interviewer once…
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) La Anunciación (Annunciation) c.1650 Oil on canvas, 183 x 225 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The Archangel Gabriel has descended from the heavens and kneels before Mary to announce the birth of Christ. The Angel holds some white…
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Sagrada Familia del pajarito (Holy Family with a Bird) c.1650 Oil on canvas, 144 x 188 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid A domestic scene filled with tenderness showing the Virgin Mary winding a skein of thread and…
Arcimboldo, Giuseppe (1526-1593) Ortaggi in una ciotola o L’ortolano (Basket of Fruit or The Vegetable Gardener) c.1590 Oil on panel, 36 x 24 cm Museo Civico Ala Ponzone, Cremona The Vegetable Gardener upsidedown. “Reversible head” which allows for a dual interpretation…