Bronzino (1503-1572) Adorazione dei pastori (The Adoration of the Shepherds) c.1539–1540 Oil on poplar, 65.7 × 47.1 x 3 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Cristo Niño distribuyendo pan a los peregrinos (The Infant Christ Distributing Bread to the Pilgrims) 1678 Oil on canvas, 219 × 182 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) La Femme au panier d’oeufs (Woman with Basket of Eggs) c.1889–1895 Oil on canvas, 35.1 x 27 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia
Pontormo (1494-1557) Giuseppe con Giacobbe in Egitto (Joseph with Jacob in Egypt) probably 1518 Oil on wood, 96.5 x 109.5 cm National Gallery, London This is one of the panels that were made to decorate the bedchamber of the banker Pierfrancesco Borgherini…
Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) Sacra Famiglia con le sante Anna e Caterina d’Alessandria (The Holy Family with Saints Anne and Catherine of Alexandria) 1648 Oil on canvas, 209.6 x 154.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York A masterpiece of the artist’s…
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Allegoria dell’Agricoltura (Allegory of Agriculture) early 1680s Oil on canvas, 121.4 x 192 cm National Gallery, London This modello, or detailed oil study, is one of a group of 12 that Giordano made in preparation for the ceiling frescoes in…
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Ratto di Europa (The Rape of Europa) c.1570 Oil on canvas glued to oak panel, 59.5 x 70 cm National Gallery, London The story of the Rape of Europa is told in Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Mercury is ordered by his…
Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Natività (The Nativity) 1523 Oil on panel, 46 x 35.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A young woman and an older man kneel to either side of a nude baby outside of a barn-like structure in this vertical…