Tag: cityscape

Arrivo a Colonia (1490)

Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Arrivo a Colonia (Arrival of the Pilgrims in Cologne) 1490 Oil on canvas, 279 x 254 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia This is the seventh of nine paintings in the cycle of the Legend of St. Ursula (Storie di sant’Orsola).…

Ritorno degli ambasciatori (c.1497-1498)

Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Ritorno degli ambasciatori (The Return of the Ambassadors) c.1497–1498 Oil on canvas, 297 x 526 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia This is the third of nine paintings in the cycle of the Legend of St. Ursula (Storie di sant’Orsola). The…

Arrivo degli ambasciatori (c.1497-1498)

Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Arrivo degli ambasciatori (Arrival of the Ambassadors) c.1497–1498 Oil on canvas, 278 x 589 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia This is the first of nine paintings in the cycle of the Legend of St. Ursula (Storie di sant’Orsola). The paintings…

Oedipe et le Sphinx (1864)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Oedipe et le Sphinx (Oedipus and the Sphinx) 1864 Oil on canvas, 105.5 x 87 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore Compare: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Oedipe explique l’énigme du sphinx 1808 Musée du Louvre, Paris     Ingres,…

Raphaël et la Fornarina (1814)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Raphaël et la Fornarina (Raphael and the Fornarina) 1814 Oil on canvas, 64.8 x 53.3 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA Compare: Raffaello (1483-1520) La Fornarina c.1518–1520 Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Roma     Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna della Seggiola 1513–1514…

Oedipe explique l’énigme du sphinx (1808)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Oedipe explique l’énigme du sphinx (Oedipus explains the enigma of the Sphinx) 1808 Oil on canvas, 189 x 144 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Interior of a cave; naked Oedipus standing in profile with one foot…

Beata Beatrix (c.1864-1870)

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Beata Beatrix c.1864–1870 Oil on canvas, 86.4 x 66 cm Tate Britain, London Compare: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Beata Beatrix 1871–1872 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago     See also: • Alighieri, Dante (1265-1321) | Portinari, Beatrice (c.1266-1290) | Siddal, Elizabeth (1829-1862)

La Dogana a Venezia (c.1724-1730)

Canaletto (1697-1768) La Dogana a Venezia (The Dogana in Venice) c.1724–1730 Oil on canvas, 46 × 63.4 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna See also: • Punta della Dogana | Venezia (Italia)