Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Venere, Adone e Cupido (Venus, Adonis and Cupid) c.1590 Oil on canvas, 212 x 268 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Venus, the Roman goddess of Love and Beauty, is accidentally wounded by one of her son Cupid’s arrows,…
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Marsia e Olimpo (Marsyas and Olympus) 1597–1600 Oil on wood, 34.4 x 84.2 cm National Gallery, London A naked golden-haired youth sits on a rock, playing the panpipes; another set of pipes hangs from the tree behind him.…
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Adam 1507 Oil on panel, 209 x 81 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Dürer made this panel and its companion, Eve upon returning from his second trip to Italy in 1505. Both works constitute an effort to synthesize…
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Self-portrait 1498 Oil on panel, 52 x 41 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid In the same year that he published the Apocalipsis cum figuris, Dürer painted himself as a gentleman, dressed in light toned clothes and looking his…
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Madonna and Child (obverse) c.1496–1499 Oil on panel, 52.4 x 42.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Dürer was born in Nuremberg and received a typical medieval training from his goldsmith father and from the Nuremberg painter Michael…
Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) After the Bath 1901 Pastel, 66 x 100 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Mary Cassatt began using pastel in the 1870s and continued to experiment with the medium throughout her career. This drawing depicts a mother and…
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Virgin and Child with Saint Anne probably 1519 Oil on linden, 60 x 49.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Dürer traveled to Italy from 1505–7, in particular to Venice, where he drew many inspirations for his…
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) La soeur aînée, réduction (The Elder Sister, reduction) c.1864 Oil on panel, 55.6 x 45.6 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Signed lower right on chest: “W Bouguereau” This painting portrays a young woman dressed in garments that seem…
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Madonna col Bambino (Virgin and Child) c.1720–1725 Oil on canvas, 64.3 x 48.3 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Jesus among the Doctors 1506 Oil on panel, 64.3 x 80.3 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Dürer was the leading representative of German Renaissance art, and a key advocate of new ideas in Northern Europe. This panel was executed…