Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Ève dans le jardin d’Eden (Eve in the Garden of Eden) c.1906–1910 Oil on canvas, 46.5 x 61.4 cm Pola Museum of Art, Hakone
Ève dans le jardin d’Eden (c.1906-1910)
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Les étoiles filantes (1847-1849)
Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) Les étoiles filantes (The shooting stars) 1847–1849 Oil on board, 18.7 x 34.5 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff This purely imaginary subject is unusual among Millet’s works. It refers to Dante‘s ‘Inferno‘ which in one section describes the…
L’Immortalité (1889)
Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) L’Immortalité (Immortality) 1889 Oil on canvas, 116.2 x 87.3 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff The personification of Immortality holds the palm of victory and scatters flowers onto a tomb inscribed ‘DELACROIX’. Behind, the towers of Notre Dame Cathedral…
Madonna col Bambino e due angeli (c.1467-1469)
Verrocchio, Andrea del (1435-1488) Madonna col Bambino e due angeli (The Virgin and Child with Two Angels) c.1467–1469 Tempera on wood, 69.2 × 49.8 cm National Gallery, London The focus of this picture is the loving gaze which passes between the…
Samson and Delilah (c.1609-1610)
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Samson and Delilah c.1609–1610 Oil on wood, 185 × 205 cm National Gallery, London Peter Paul Rubens’s Samson and Delilah portrays a tragedy of love and betrayal. According to the Old Testament, Samson, a Jewish hero blessed…
Oedipe et le Sphinx (c.1826)
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Oedipe et le Sphinx (Oedipus and the Sphinx) c.1826 Oil on canvas, 17.5 × 13.7 cm National Gallery, London Oedipus, a figure from Greek mythology, stands nude and in profile before the Sphinx, who guards the…
Psyché montrant à ses soeurs les présents de l’amour (1753)
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Psyché montrant à ses soeurs les présents de l’amour (Psyche showing her Sisters her Gifts from Cupid) 1753 Oil on canvas, 168.3 × 192.4 cm National Gallery, London This painting illustrates an episode from the classical story of Cupid…
Buste de femme (1909)
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Buste de femme (Bust of a Woman) 1909 Oil on canvas, 72.7 × 60 cm Tate Britain, London
La creazione di Eva (c.1575)
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) La creazione di Eva (The Creation of Eve) c.1575 Oil on canvas, 81 × 103 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Tarquinio e Lucrezia (1578-1580)
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Tarquinio e Lucrezia (Tarquin and Lucretia) 1578–1580 Oil on canvas, 175 × 151.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago According to Roman history, the rape of the virtuous matron Lucretia by Tarquin, son of the king of Rome,…