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Giuseppe e la moglie di Putifarre (c.1555)

Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Giuseppe e la moglie di Putifarre (Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife) c.1555 Oil on canvas, 54 x 117 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Joseph is a handsome and virtuous slave falsely accused of rape by his master’s wife,…

Giuditta e Oloferne (1552-1555)

Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Giuditta e Oloferne (Judith and Holofernes) 1552–1555 Oil on canvas, 58 x 119 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This is one of seven canvases (P00386, P00388, P00389, P00393, P00394, P00395, P00396) in a group linked by the…

Femme au perroquet (1866)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Femme au perroquet (Woman with a Parrot) 1866 Oil on canvas, 129.5 x 195.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York When this painting was shown in the Salon of 1866, some critics censured Courbet‘s “lack of…

Julie Manet et sa levrette Laërte (1893)

Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Julie Manet et sa levrette Laërte (Julie Manet and Her Greyhound Laertes) 1893 Oil on canvas, 73 x 80 cm Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris After the death of Eugène Manet in 1892, Berthe Morisot left the rue…

Jean Monet dans son berceau (1867)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Jean Monet dans son berceau (The Cradle – Camille with the Artist’s Son Jean) 1867 Oil on canvas, 116.2 x 88.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington We look slightly down onto a baby tucked into an…

Joseph Telling his Dreams (1633)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Joseph Telling his Dreams to his Parents and Brothers 1633 Oil on paper, 51 x 39 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Using loose brushstrokes, Rembrandt sketched Joseph telling his dreams to his parents and brothers. That they do not believe…

Isaac Blessing Jacob (c.1638)

Flinck, Govert (1615-1660) Isaac Blessing Jacob c.1638 Oil on canvas, 115.2 x 140.2 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam The Bible recounts how Jacob, pretending to be his brother Esau, tricked their blind father into bestowing Esau’s rightful blessing on him. The idea of…

Danae (1636)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Danae 1636 Oil on canvas, 185 x 202.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Love undoubtedly also inspired Rembrandt to produce Danaë. The subject was taken from the ancient myth about a princess of Argos, whose father, the king, was…