Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711) Cleopatra’s Banquet c.1675–1680 Oil on canvas, 74 x 95.5 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Cleopatra made a bet with Mark Antony on who could give the most lavish banquet. She won by dissolving a priceless pearl in vinegar and…
Cagnacci, Guido (1601-1663) Marta rimprovera Maria per la sua vanità (Martha Rebuking Mary for her Vanity) after 1660 Oil on canvas, 229.2 x 266.1 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena
Guercino (1591-1666) L’estasi di San Francesco (The Ecstasy of St. Francis) c.1623–1625 Oil on canvas, 162 x 127 cm Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
Guercino (1591-1666) San Luca dipinge la Vergine (St Luke Displaying a Painting of the Virgin) 1652–1653 Oil on canvas, 220.98 x 180.34 cm Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City
Guercino (1591-1666) Madonna coi santi protettori di Modena (Virgin and Child with Four Saints) 1651 Oil on canvas, 332 x 230 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris See also: • Modena (Italia)
Guercino (1591-1666) Abramo ripudia Agar e Ismaele (Abraham casting out Hagar and Ishmael) 1657 Oil on canvas, 115 x 154 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano
Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) Sleep and his Half-brother Death (Hypnos and Thanatos) 1874 Oil on canvas, 70 x 91 cm Private collection
Canaletto (1697-1768) Capriccio con colonna (English Landscape Capriccio with a Column) c.1754 Oil on canvas, 134 x 106.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington We look slightly down across a sun-drenched plaza with people scattered among ruins, buildings, and around…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Madonna del roseto (Madonna of the Rose Garden) 1469–1470 Tempera on panel, 124 x 64 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Maddalena che ascolta la predica di Cristo (Saint Mary Magdalene Listening to Christ Preach) c.1484–1491 Tempera on panel, 20 x 43.8 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia This panel was part of the predella of the Pala delle Convertite.…