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Riposo durante la Fuga in Egitto (1597)

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…

Negazione di San Pietro (1610)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Negazione di San Pietro (The Denial of Saint Peter) 1610 Oil on canvas, 94 x 125.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Caravaggio’s late works depend for their dramatic effect on brightly lit areas standing in contrast to a…

Auguste Rodin (c.1884-1885)

Claudel, Camille (1864-1943) Auguste Rodin c.1884–1885 Bronze, 40 x 25 x 28 cm Musée Camille Claudel, Nogent-sur-Seine For the only portrait she sculpted of Auguste Rodin, Camille Claudel adopted a style close to the works of her elder, so much so that…

Auguste Rodin (1892)

Claudel, Camille (1864-1943) Auguste Rodin 1892 Bronze, 40 x 24.6 x 28 cm Musée Rodin, Paris See also: • Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917)

Busto di papa Gregorio XV (1621)

Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Busto di papa Gregorio XV (Bust of Pope Gregory XV) 1621 Marble, 83.2 × 62.3 × 32.4 cm Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto See also: • Gregorius XV, Pope (1554-1623)

Il ritorno del figliol prodigo (1654-1655)

Guercino (1591-1666) Il ritorno del figliol prodigo (The Return of the Prodigal Son) 1654–1655 Oil on canvas, 155.6 x 146.1 cm Timken Museum of Art, San Diego The parable depicted by Il Guercino (a nickname meaning “squint-eyed”) is the one most…