Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Ritratto di condottiero (Giovanni Emo) 1475–1480 Oil on panel transferred to canvas mounted on panel, 48.9 x 34.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from the chest up against a black background, a man with peachy skin wears…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) The Potato Eaters (De Aardappeleters) 1885 Oil on canvas, 82 x 114 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam F0082-JH0764 Nuenen, April-May 1885 Van Gogh saw the Potato Eaters as a showpiece, for which he deliberately chose a difficult…
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Painter and the Buyer (Maler und Käufer) c.1566 Pen and black ink on brown paper, 25.5 x 21.5 cm Albertina, Vienna
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Enea, Anchise e Ascanio (Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius) 1619 Marble, h. 220 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma This is the first large sculpture group produced by Gian Lorenzo Bernini for Scipione Borghese, for which a payment receipt dating…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Cena in Emmaus (Supper at Emmaus) 1601 Oil and tempera on canvas, 141 × 196.2 cm National Gallery, London On the third day after the Crucifixion two of Jesus’s disciples were walking from Jerusalem to Emmaus. On the road they…