Carriera, Rosalba (1675-1757) Giovane donna con un pappagallo (A Young Lady with a Parrot) c.1730 Pastel on paper, mounted on laminated paper board, 60 x 50 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Rosalba Carriera is renowned for the distinction she brought…
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Satiressa con una brocca in mano (Female Satyr Holding a Ewer) c.1730 Oil on canvas, 59 x 95.3 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena Compare: Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Satiressa con tamburello c.1730 Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Les amants heureux (Les Amants heureux) c.1751–1755 Oil on canvas, 90.2 x 121.3 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena
Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516) The Temptation of Anthony Abbot of Egypt 15th Century Oil on oak panel, 88 × 71 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) The Prodigal Son 1618 Oil on panel, 108 × 156.2 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Arrivo a Colonia (Arrival of the Pilgrims in Cologne) 1490 Oil on canvas, 279 x 254 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia This is the seventh of nine paintings in the cycle of the Legend of St. Ursula (Storie di sant’Orsola).…
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Ritorno degli ambasciatori (The Return of the Ambassadors) c.1497–1498 Oil on canvas, 297 x 526 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia This is the third of nine paintings in the cycle of the Legend of St. Ursula (Storie di sant’Orsola). The…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Pietà 1575–1576 Oil on canvas, 353 x 347 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia Detail with Titian’s self-portrait as an old man kneeling before Christ.
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Fuga in Egitto (Flight into Egypt) c.1508 Oil on canvas, 206 x 336 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Titian, outstanding master of the Renaissance, is represented in the Hermitage by a number of superb works. The Flight into Egypt was…
Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516) The Adoration of the Magi c.1475 Oil and gold on oak, 71.1 x 56.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This tranquil scene, with its tunneling perspective and sensitively rendered faces, is characteristic of Bosch’s works before…