Caravaggio (1571-1610) Vocazione di San Matteo (The Calling of St Matthew) 1599–1600 Oil on canvas 322 x 340 cm Cappella Contarelli, San Luigi dei Francesi, Roma
Vocazione di San Matteo (1599-1600)
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Il ritorno del figliol prodigo (1654-1655)
Guercino (1591-1666) Il ritorno del figliol prodigo (The Return of the Prodigal Son) 1654–1655 Oil on canvas, 155.6 x 146.1 cm Timken Museum of Art, San Diego The parable depicted by Il Guercino (a nickname meaning “squint-eyed”) is the one most…
Cristo e la donna di Samaria al pozzo (c.1640-1641)
Guercino (1591-1666) Cristo e la donna di Samaria al pozzo (Christ and the Woman of Samaria at the Well) c.1640–1641 Oil on canvas, 116 x 156 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The meeting between Christ and the woman of Samaria at the…
Retrato de Fernando VII (c.1814-1815)
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Retrato de Fernando VII (Portrait of Ferdinand VII) c.1814–1815 Oil on canvas, 84 x 63.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid This portrait of Ferdinand VII entered the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection in 1935 and appeared in its catalogues from 1937.…
Saint Elizabeth with donor (c.1514)
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Saint Elizabeth with donor (Interior left wing) c.1514 Oil on panel, 85 x 31 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, on loan at the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC) Lucas Cranach the Elder was one of the most…
Mendiant avec des huîtres, Le Philosophe (1865-1867)
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Mendiant avec des huîtres, Le Philosophe (Beggar with Oysters, Philosopher) 1865–1867 Oil on canvas, 188 × 111 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago By age 30, Édouard Manet had gained recognition at the state-sponsored Salon exhibition in Paris…
Jésus insulté par les soldats (1865)
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Jésus insulté par les soldats (Jesus Mocked by the Soldiers) 1865 Oil on canvas, 190.8 × 148.3 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago For this monumental painting, Édouard Manet depicted Jesus Christ at the end of his life,…
Le Buveur d’absinthe (c.1859)
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Buveur d’absinthe (The Absinthe Drinker) c.1859 Oil on canvas, 180.5 x 105.6 cm Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen
Vollard en toréador (1917)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Vollard en toréador (Vollard as a toreador) 1917 Oil on canvas, 102 × 83 cm Private collection, Tokyo See also: • Vollard, Ambroise (1866-1939)
Pietà (c.1460)
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Pietà c.1460 Tempera on panel, 86 x 107 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The panel, dated to the years between 1465 and 1470, marks an evident emancipation of the artist from the influence of Andrea Mantegna, to…