Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Portrait d’une jeune femme (Portrait of a Young Woman) c.1815 Pencil on paper, 28 x 20.7 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Portrait d’une jeune femme (c.1815)
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Riposo nella fuga in Egitto (2nd quarter of the 17th century)
Gentileschi, Orazio (1563-1639) Riposo nella fuga in Egitto (Rest on the Flight into Egypt) 2nd quarter of the 17th century Oil on canvas, 157 x 225 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Compare: Gentileschi, Orazio (1563-1639) Riposo nella fuga in Egitto c.1620…
La Bella (1536-1538)
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) La Bella (Portrait of a Lady) 1536–1538 Oil on canvas, 89 × 75.5 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze The female portrait, known by its complimentary epithet “La Bella”, is one of the most famous paintings of the later years of…
Susanna e i vecchioni (c.1555-1556)
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Susanna e i vecchioni (Susanna and the Elders) c.1555–1556 Oil on canvas, 146 × 193.6 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna In the Old Testament, it is told how Susanna receives lewd proposals from two men who have secretly intruded…
The Sleep of King Arthur in Avalon (1881-1898)
Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) The Sleep of King Arthur in Avalon 1881–1898 Oil on canvas, 279.4 × 650.2 cm Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce According to Thomas Malory‘s “Le Morte d’Arthur” (1470), King Arthur suffered a fatal wound in a…
La Découverte de Moïse (1651)
Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) La Découverte de Moïse (The Finding of Moses) 1651 Oil on canvas, 117 x 178.2 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Gli storpi e malati curati presso la tomba di San Nicola (1425)
Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Gli storpi e malati curati presso la tomba di San Nicola (The Crippled and Sick Cured at the Tomb of Saint Nicholas) 1425 Tempera on panel, 35.5 x 35.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Venere adornata dalle Grazie (c.1590-1595)
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Venere adornata dalle Grazie (Venus Adorned by the Graces) c.1590–1595 Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 133 x 170.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In the left half of this horizontal painting, a bare-chested, seated woman, Venus, is…
The Roses of Heliogabalus (1888)
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) The Roses of Heliogabalus 1888 Oil on canvas, 132.7 × 214.4 cm Private collection
Venere disarma Cupido (1550-1555)
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Venere disarma Cupido (Venus Disarming Cupid) 1550–1555 Oil on canvas, 158.8 x 138.4 cm Worcester Art Museum, Worcester