Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Les hasards heureux de l’escarpolette (The Happy Chances of the Swing) c.1767–1768 Oil on canvas, 81 x 64.2 cm Wallace Collection, London Fragonard’s iconic painting is one of the most emblematic images of 18th-century French art. A young…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) La Inmaculada Concepción (The Immaculate Conception) 1661 Oil on canvas, 136.5 x 102 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest In this figure of a young virgin, radiating purity and sublime humility, Zurbarán embodied the ideal of the Inmaculada,…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Andrés (Saint Andrew) 1635–1640 Oil on canvas, 146 x 61 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) La Sagrada Familia (The Holy Family) 1659 Oil on canvas, 121.5 x 97 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest At the very end of his career, Zurbarán abandoned the tenebroso manner of painting that had characterised his…
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Cristo sulla croce (Christ on the Cross) c.1580 Oil on canvas, 149 x 90 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Ritratto d’uomo (Portrait of a Man) c.1555 Oil on canvas, 120 x 102 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest “There is one man who makes easy what we have always been told is impossible; and that is Paolo…
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) La cena di Emmaus (The Supper at Emmaus) c.1542 Oil on canvas, 156 x 212 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest According to the Gospel of Saint Luke, two of Christ’s disciples, while on their way to Emmaus, met…
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Caino uccide Abele (Cain Killing Abel) 1540s Oil on wood, 31 × 78.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) San Giacomo il Maggiore alla conquista dei mori (Saint James the Greater Conquering the Moors) c.1749–1750 Oil on canvas, 317 × 163 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest “It is as if God created Tiepolo for us. He follows…
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) La Vergine con sei santi (The Virgin with Six Saints) 1755–1756 Oil on canvas, 72.8 × 56 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest