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…
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) & Lippi, Filippo (1406-1469) Adorazione dei Magi, Tondo Cook (The Adoration of the Magi) c.1440–1460 Tempera on poplar panel, diameter 137.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Dozens of people line up around a shed-like structure and around stone ruins…
Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Les Enfants au verger, L’Automne (Children in an Orchard, Autumn) 1871 Oil on cardboard, 35.6 × 27.9 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) San Giuseppe e Gesù Bambino (Saint Joseph and the Christ Child) 1767–1769 Oil on canvas, 154 × 111.3 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit This imposing yet tender representation of Saint Joseph gently cradling the infant Jesus in…
Gentileschi, Artemisia (1593-c.1653) Giuditta e la sua ancella (Judith and Her Maidservant) c.1618–1619 Oil on canvas, 114 × 93.5 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Jeune fille au panier (Young Girl with Basket) 1892 Oil on canvas, 92.1 x 73 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Wearing a chiffon-trimmed hat and holding a straw basket, Berthe Morisot’s young sitter waits, poised to pick flowers…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) La Madonna del Coniglio (Virgin and Child with Saint Catherine of Alexandria and a Shepherd, known as The Virgin with the Rabbit) c.1530 Oil on canvas, 71 × 87 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Compare: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Vierge au…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Vierge au lapin, d’après Titien (The Virgin with the Rabbit, after Titian) c.1850 Oil on canvas, 70 × 84 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Compare: Tiziano (c.1488-1576) La Madonna del Coniglio c.1530 Musée du Louvre, Paris