Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Madonna col Bambino e Maria Maddalena (Madonna and Child with Mary Magdalene) 1560s Oil on canvas, 98 x 82 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Madonna col Bambino e Maria Maddalena (1560s)
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Venere allo specchio (c.1555)
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Venere allo specchio (Venus with a Mirror) c.1555 Oil on canvas, 124.5 x 105.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Titian’s goddess of love and beauty conjures the sense of touch. Observing her flushed cheek, one can almost feel its…
Venere allo specchio (c.1555)
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Venere allo specchio (Venus with a Mirror) c.1555 Oil on canvas, 116.5 x 101 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich Compare: Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Venere allo specchio c.1555 National Gallery of Art, Washington
Morte di Cleopatra (c.1525)
Rosso Fiorentino (1495-1540) Morte di Cleopatra (Death of Cleopatra) c.1525 Oil on canvas, 98.5 x 76.5 cm Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Braunschweig See also: • Cleopatra (69-30 BC) | Egypt
Diana ed Endimione (c.1675-1680)
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Diana ed Endimione (Diana and Endymion) c.1675–1680 Oil on canvas, 149.2 x 164 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Ratto di Europa (c.1570)
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Ratto di Europa (The Rape of Europa) c.1570 Oil on canvas glued to oak panel, 59.5 x 70 cm National Gallery, London The story of the Rape of Europa is told in Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Mercury is ordered by his…
L’infedeltà (c.1575)
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Allegorie dell’amore: L’infedeltà (Four Allegories of Love: Unfaithfulness) c.1575 Oil on canvas, 189.9 x 189.9 cm National Gallery, London This is one of a series of four paintings by Veronese that concern the trials and rewards of love, although…
Venere e Adone (c.1586)
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Venere e Adone (Venus and Adonis) c.1586 Oil on canvas, 68 × 52 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Compare: Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Venere e Adone c.1580 Museo del Prado, Madrid See also: • Ovid (43 BC-17/18 AD): The Metamorphoses (English)
Adorazione dei Magi, Tondo Cook (c.1440-1460)
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) & Lippi, Filippo (1406-1469) Adorazione dei Magi, Tondo Cook (The Adoration of the Magi) c.1440–1460 Tempera on poplar panel, diameter 137.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Dozens of people line up around a shed-like structure and around stone ruins…
Madonna col Bambino e due sante (c.1493-1495)
Perugino (c.1446-1523) Madonna col Bambino e due sante (Madonna and Child with Two Saints) c.1493–1495 Oil on poplar wood, 86.5 × 63 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna “PETRUS PERUSINUS PINXIT” reads the signature placed bottom left in this half-length composition. Perugino‘s handling of…