Carriera, Rosalba (1675-1757) Ritratto di dama con scimmietta (Portrait of a Lady with a Little Monkey) c.1720 Pastel on blue paper mounted on canvas, 57.9 x 43.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Carriera, Rosalba (1675-1757) Giovane donna con un pappagallo (A Young Lady with a Parrot) c.1730 Pastel on paper, mounted on laminated paper board, 60 x 50 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Rosalba Carriera is renowned for the distinction she brought…
Carriera, Rosalba (1675-1757) Ritratto d’uomo (Portrait of a Man) c.1710 Ivory, 76 x 59 mm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Carriera was known throughout Europe for her pastel portraits, but she also pioneered the use of ivory as a support…
Carriera, Rosalba (1675-1757) Autoritratto con il ritratto della sorella (Self-Portrait with the Portrait of her Sister) 1715 Pastel on paper, 71 x 57 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Madonna col Bambino tra i santi Paolo e Giorgio (Madonna and Child with Saint Paul and Saint George) c.1490 Oil on panel, 65 x 88 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Incontro dei pellegrini col Papa (The Meeting of the Pilgrims with the Pope) c.1492 Oil on canvas, 279 x 305 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia This is the sixth of nine paintings in the cycle of the Legend of St.…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ritratto di giovane donna (Portrait of a Young Woman) c.1536 Oil on canvas, 96 x 75 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg In his portraits, Titian, one of the best portrait painters in Europe, took a radically different approach to male…
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Charity c.1627–1628 Oil on oak, 148.2 x 107.5 cm National Gallery, London In his first letter to the Corinthians, Saint Paul outlines the importance of faith, hope and charity, naming charity as the greatest of the three.…
Pinturicchio (c.1454-1513) Ritorno di Ulisse (Return of Ulysses/Penelope with the Suitors) c.1509 Fresco, detached and mounted on canvas, 125.5 x 152 cm National Gallery, London This picture, painted in fresco, was part of a series of eight which decorated the walls of…