Tag: Brera

La Disciplina che tiene a freno i costumi (1544-1545)

Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) La Disciplina che tiene a freno i costumi, già Allegoria della Fortuna (Allegory of Fortune) 1544–1545 Oil on canvas, 105 x 144 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Attributed at various times to Andrea Schiavone and Tintoretto, it…

Pietà (1563)

Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Pietà 1563 Oil on canvas, 108 x 170 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The painting was intended to decorate a lunette in the courtyard of the Procuratie di San Marco in Venice and, according to documents, was…

Le demon du jeu (1928)

Severini, Gino (1883-1966) Le demon du jeu (The Demon of the Game) 1928 Oil on canvas, 160 x 66 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano This panel, along with Le coup de foudre, was part of the series of decorative panels…

Le coup de foudre (1928)

Severini, Gino (1883-1966) Le coup de foudre (Love at first sight) 1928 Oil on canvas, 160 x 66 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano This panel along with its neighbour, titled Le demon du jeu, was part of a series of…

Nature morte avec mandoline (1920)

Severini, Gino (1883-1966) Nature morte avec mandoline (Still life with mandolin) 1920 Tempera on paper, 32 x 49 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The painting is a particularly finished still life study of very high quality, made in the early…

Natura morta con la fruttiera (1918)

Severini, Gino (1883-1966) Natura morta con la fruttiera (Still Life with Fruit Dish) 1918 Oil on canvas, 61 x 72 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Severini, recalling in his Memories, the time he spent with his family in Aix-Les-Bains in…

Grande natura morta con la zucca (1917)

Severini, Gino (1883-1966) Grande natura morta con la zucca (Still Life with Pumpkin) 1917 Oil on panel, 92 x 65 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Painted in 1917, Large Still Life with Pumpkin is a typical example of the paintings…

Le Nord-Sud (1912)

Severini, Gino (1883-1966) Le Nord-Sud (North-South) 1912 Oil on panel, 49 x 64 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano After working alongside Boccioni and the Divisionist painters who were active around Giacomo Balla, he joined the Futurist movement in 1910, developing…

Sposalizio della Vergine (1504)

Raffaello (1483-1520) Sposalizio della Vergine (The Marriage of the Virgin) 1504 Oil on panel, 170 x 118 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The painting, dating from 1504, was moved from the Church of San Francesco in Città di Castello to…

Portrait of Lord Donounghmore (1780-1790)

Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Portrait of Lord Donounghmore 1780–1790 Oil on canvas, 126 x 100 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The painting was purchased in London for 2,500 pounds by Ettore Modigliani in 1933 with the proceeds of the Mostra d’Arte…