Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Adam and Eve 1526 Oil on panel, 117 x 80 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London Adam and Eve are depicted at the fateful moment when they disobey God and commit the first sin. The story…
Adam and Eve (1526)
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Au poulailler (c.1878)
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Au poulailler (In the Henhouse) c.1878 Oil on cardboard, 22 x 35.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection Through Pissarro, Gauguin was invited to participate in the Fourth Impressionist Exhibition, exhibiting a marble bust, although this work…
The Nymph at the Fountain (1530-1534)
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) The Nymph at the Fountain c.1530–1534 Oil on panel, 75 x 120 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Together with Albrecht Dürer, Lucas Cranach was among the most important 16th-century German painters. His oeuvre includes religious compositions as…
Les Désguisés (1926)
Stigmatizzazione di San Francesco (1767-1769)
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Stigmatizzazione di San Francesco (Stigmatization of Saint Francis) 1767–1769 Oil on canvas, 278 x 153 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid A depiction of a miracle in the life of Saint Francis of Assisi that took place in…
Sant’Antonio di Padova con Gesù Bambino (1767-1769)
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Sant’Antonio di Padova con Gesù Bambino (St. Anthony of Padua and the Child Jesus) 1767–1769 Oil on canvas, 225 x 176 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Saint Anthony of Padua (1195-1231) wears a Franciscan habit and meditates…
L’Olimpo, Trionfo di Venere (1761-1764)
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) L’Olimpo, o Trionfo di Venere (The Olympus or Triumph of Venus) 1761–1764 Oil on canvas, 87 x 61.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This is a sketch for a no-longer extant painting on canvas intended to decorate…
Landscape with Wayfarers (17th century)
Brueghel, Pieter the Younger (1564-1638) Landscape with Wayfarers 17th century Oil on panel, 30 x 47 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid
Winter Landscape with Skaters and Bird Trap (c.1601)
Brueghel, Pieter the Younger (1564-1638) Winter Landscape with Skaters and Bird Trap c.1601 Oil on panel, 40 x 57 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This is one of the copies of the original painted by Pieter Bruegel the Elder in…
Pan and Syrinx (1617)
Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) Pan and Syrinx 1617 Oil on panel, 33 x 43 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano