Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of a Young Woman 1634 Oil on canvas, 62.5 x 55.6 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires This bust of a young woman turning slightly to the left and inclining her head just a bit…
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Ritratto d’uomo (Portrait of a Man) 1550s Oil on canvas, 112.7 x 88.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York One of Tintoretto’s finest formal portraits, this painting depicts an unknown sitter now believed to be a…
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Ulysses 1827 Oil on canvas on wood, 25.1 x 19.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Bal masqué à l’Opéra (Masked Ball at the Opera) 1873 Oil on canvas, 59.1 x 72.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Manet came from a well–to–do family, and this painting provides a glimpse of the sophisticated…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le torero mort (The Dead Toreador) probably 1864 Oil on canvas, 75.9 x 153.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington From a low perspective, we look at a man wearing black and white, lying on the ground…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Vieux Musicien (The Old Musician) 1862 Oil on canvas, 187.4 x 248.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In a review of the 1846 Salon, poet and critic Charles Baudelaire urged artists to depict “the heroism…
Bronzino (1503-1572) Sacra Famiglia (The Holy Family) c.1527–1528 Oil on panel, 101.3 x 78.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Bronzino (1503-1572) Madonna e Bambino con santi (The Madonna and Child with Saints) c.1540 Oil on wood, 101.6 x 81.3 cm National Gallery, London Elderly Saint Elizabeth looks down over the Virgin Mary’s shoulder at her son Saint John the…
Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Giudizio di Salomone (The Judgement of Solomon) c.1505 Oil on panel, 89 cm x 72 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Mosè alla prova del fuoco (Moses undergoing Trial by Fire) 1505 Oil on panel, 89 cm x 72 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze