Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) View of the Westerkerk, Amsterdam probably 1660 Oil on oak, 90.7 x 114.5 cm National Gallery, London This is one of the ultimate seventeenth-century examples of what today we might think of as a high-resolution image.…
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Course de chariots (Chariot Race) 1876 Oil on cradled panel, 86.3 × 156 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Jean-Léon Gérôme claimed that he based this almost cinematic depiction of a chariot race at the Circus Maximus stadium in…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Quai du Pothuis, Pontoise (The Little Bridge, Pontoise) 1868 Oil on canvas, 52 x 81 cm Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim See also: • Pontoise (France)
Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) Une rue à Marly (A Street in Marly) 1876 Oil on canvas, 50 x 65 cm Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim See also: • Marly-le-Roi (France)
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) La Femme au panier d’oeufs (Woman with Basket of Eggs) c.1889–1895 Oil on canvas, 35.1 x 27 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Juego de niños: El paso o el marro (Children’s Game) c.1770–1780 Oil on canvas, 30.9 x 43.9 cm Museo de Bellas Artes, Valencia
Pinturicchio (c.1454-1513) Santa Caterina d’Alessandria e committente (Saint Catherine of Alexandria with a Donor) c.1480 Oil on wood, 56.5 x 38.1 cm National Gallery, London This painting was made for private worship, and the donor who commissioned it is shown kneeling…
Rosso Fiorentino (1495-1540) Palazzina e Bastione del Cavaliere (Knight’s Building and Rampart) 1527–1530 Architecture Giardino di Boboli, Firenze
Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Storie di S. Nicola di Bari: San Nicola resuscita tre fanciulli messi in salamoia (Stories of St. Nicholas of Bari: St. Nicholas resurrects three boys put in brine) 1425 Tempera on panel, 35.5 × 36 cm Pinacoteca…
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Sacrificio di Isacco (The Sacrifice of Isaac) c.1527 Oil on wood, 178 x 138 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland In this dramatic test of faith from the Old Testament book of Genesis, Abraham agrees to slay his…