Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Ercole scaccia il Fauno dal letto di Onfale (Hercules Expelling the Faun from Omphale’s Bed) c.1585 Oil on canvas, 112 × 106 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Ercole scaccia il Fauno dal letto di Onfale (c.1585)
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La Dame en détresse (1882)
Ensor, James (1860-1949) La Dame en détresse (The Lady in Distress) 1882 Oil on canvas, 100.4 x 79.7 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Sogno di Sant’Orsola (c.1495)
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Sogno di Sant’Orsola (The Dream of Saint Ursula) c.1495 Oil on canvas, 273 x 567 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia This is the fifth of nine paintings in the cycle of the Legend of St. Ursula (Storie di sant’Orsola).…
Death and the Miser (c.1485-1490)
Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516) Death and the Miser c.1485–1490 Oil on panel, 93 x 31 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A naked man with ghostly white skin sits upright in a canopied bed set in a narrow room in this tall,…
Desco da parto (1526-1527)
Pontormo (1494-1557) Desco da parto: Nascita di San Giovanni Battista (Birthing-tray: Birth of St John the Baptist) 1526–1527 Oil on panel, 89 x 74 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze The birthing tray was a ceremonial object typically used in Tuscany in the…
Dono alle fanciulle povere (1425)
Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Storie di S. Nicola di Bari: Dono alle fanciulle povere (Stories of St. Nicholas of Bari: Gift to Poor Girls) 1425 Tempera on panel, 35.5 × 36 cm Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vaticano Stories of St. Nicholas of Bari: The…
La nascita di San Nicola (1425)
Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Storie di S. Nicola di Bari: La nascita di San Nicola (Stories of St. Nicholas of Bari: The Birth of St. Nicholas) 1425 Tempera on panel, 35.5 × 36 cm Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vaticano Stories of St. Nicholas of…
Il rispetto (c.1575)
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Allegorie dell’amore: Il rispetto (Four Allegories of Love: Respect) c.1575 Oil on canvas, 186.1 x 194.3 cm National Gallery, London This is one of a series of four paintings by Veronese that concern the trials and rewards of love,…
Sacra Famiglia con San Girolamo (1534)
Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Sacra Famiglia con San Girolamo (Holy family with Saint Jerome) 1534 Oil on canvas, 69 x 87.5 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Madonna col Bambino e storie della vita di sant’Anna (c.1452-1453)
Lippi, Filippo (1406-1469) Madonna col Bambino e storie della vita di sant’Anna (Madonna with the Child and Scenes from the Life of St Anne) c.1452–1453 Tempera on panel, diameter 135 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze This painting, one of the most original…