Van der Weyden, Rogier (c.1399-1464) St Luke Drawing the Virgin 15th century Oil on canvas, 102.5 x 108.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg The subject is taken from a 6th-century legend of Greek origin, according to which St Luke was the…
Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899) Taureau marchant (Walking Bull) 2nd half of the 19th century Bronze, imitation of brown patina, 18 x 32 x 12 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) The Garden of Eden c.1610–1612 Oil on panel, 59.4 x 95.6 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Colección Carmen Thyssen Brueghel was born into a famous dynasty of artists and, together with Rubens, he was generally regarded as…
Cocteau, Jean (1889-1963) Festival de musique de Menton (Menton Music Festival) 1956 Color lithograph Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland See also: • Menton (France)
Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899) Taureau qui marche (Walking Bull) modeled 1846 Bronze, 17.5 × 31.6 × 11.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) Bull in a City Street c.1670 Oil on canvas, 31.4 × 40.3 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Apoteosi dei Medici (Apotheosis of the Medici) early 1680s Oil on canvas, 139 x 65.2 cm National Gallery, London This modello, or detailed oil study, is one of a group of 12 paintings – ten of which are in…
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…
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Disparate de tontos (Fool’s Folly) c.1815–1823, printed posthumously before 1877 Etching and aquatint, 24.1 x 35.2 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Fool’s Folly is among four prints from Los Disparates first published in the French magazine…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Corrida de toros (Bullfight) 1934 Oil on canvas, 54 x 73 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Sucesión Pablo Picasso, VEGAP, Madrid The close relationship between the world of bullfighting and Picasso’s oeuvre is unquestionable. From his childhood days in…