Rembrandt (1606-1669) Juno c.1662–1665 Oil on canvas, 127 x 123.8 cm Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Juno (c.1662-1665)
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Visita della regina di Saba al re Salomone (1599)
Fontana, Lavinia (1552-1614) Visita della regina di Saba al re Salomone (The Visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon) 1599 Oil on canvas, 256 x 325 cm National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin In 1872, just eight years after first opening…
King David Playing the Harp (c.1627-1628)
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) King David Playing the Harp c.1627–1628 Oil on panel, 44.8 x 66 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia The biblical King David strums his harp, performing the music of heaven in concert with five angels. Ornate fictive architecture frames…
Madonna and Child (c.1451)
Van der Weyden, Rogier (c.1399-1464) Madonna and Child c.1451 Oil on oak panel, 18.9 x 12.1 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Left wing of a diptych. Mary with the Child before Solomon’s Throne; on the architectural frame in grisaille at the top God…
God the Father enthroned (1430s)
Campin, Robert (c.1378-1444) God the Father enthroned, supporting the dead body of Christ 1430s Oil on wood panel, 34.3 x 24.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg This is the left wing of the Trinity Diptych (1430s). This panel forms a pair…
The Virgin and Child enthroned (c.1433)
Van der Weyden, Rogier (c.1399-1464) The Virgin and Child enthroned c.1433 Oil on panel, 15.8 x 11.4 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Together with Jan van Eyck, Rogier van der Weyden was one of the greatest figures of 15th-century art. Among his…
Minerva caccia i vizi dal Giardino delle Virtù (4th quarter of the 15th century)
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Minerva caccia i vizi dal Giardino delle Virtù (Minerva chasing the Vices from the Garden of Virtue) 4th quarter of the 15th century Tempera on canvas, 160 x 192 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Commissioned by Isabella d’Este,…
La felicità pubblica trionfa sui pericoli (1st quarter of the 17th century)
Gentileschi, Orazio (1563-1639) La felicità pubblica trionfa sui pericoli (Public happiness triumphs over dangers) 1st quarter of the 17th century Oil on canvas, 267 x 170 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Incoronazione della Vergine (1420s)
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) Incoronazione della Vergine (Coronation of the Virgin) 1420s Tempera and gold on wood panel, 27 x 37.2 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Since its acquisition in 1944 the authorship of this painting has been updated from the…
Le Roi d’Aragon (1973)
Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) Le Roi d’Aragon (King of Aragon) 1973 Etching and mezzotint on paper, 48.3 × 35.6 cm Tate Britain, London Albert Field, The Official Catalog of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dalí, New York 1996, p.80: “King of Aragon…