Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Pietà con i santi Chiara, Francesco e Maria Maddalena (Pietà with Saints Clare, Francis and Mary Magdalene) 1585 Oil on canvas, 378.3 × 239.7 cm Galleria Nazionale, Parma
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Agonia nell’orto (The Agony in the Garden) c.1596–1597 Oil on panel, 39.1 x 30.3 cm Royal Collection, Windsor Castle Against a dark background the figure of Christ kneels, his head turned right towards the figure of an angel in…
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Madonna del Silenzio (Madonna and Sleeping Child with the Infant St John the Baptist) c.1599–1600 Oil on canvas, 51.2 x 68.4 cm Royal Collection, Hampton Court Palace, London
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Giovane Satiro che raccoglie l’uva (Young Satyr gathering Grapes) 1597–1600 Oil and egg on wood, 54.5 x 88.5 cm National Gallery, London A naked young satyr, just like a little boy but with pointed ears and a curly tail,…
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Marsia e Olimpo (Marsyas and Olympus) 1597–1600 Oil on wood, 34.4 x 84.2 cm National Gallery, London A naked golden-haired youth sits on a rock, playing the panpipes; another set of pipes hangs from the tree behind him.…
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Madonna col Bambino, Santa Lucia e San Giovannino (The Madonna and Child with Saint Lucy and the Young Saint John the Baptist) c.1587–1588 Oil on panel, 78.8 x 62.7 cm Private collection
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Incoronazione della Vergine (The Coronation of the Virgin) after 1595 Oil on canvas, 117.8 x 141.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This majestic picture—a window onto heaven—was painted for Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini (1571–1621) following the artist’s…
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Due bambini molestano un gatto (Two Children Teasing a Cat) c.1587–1588 Oil on canvas, 66 x 88.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York With expressions of cruel delight, two children torment a cat with the pincers of…
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Hélène Fourment (“The Furry”) c.1636–1638 Oil on oak, 178.7 × 86.2 × 2.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The posture of Rubens‘ second wife Helena Fourment (1614-1674, married in 1630) is reminiscent of the type of the ancient…
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Self-portrait c.1638 Oil on canvas, 110 × 85.5 × 2.4 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscription: P.P. RUBINS (!) added later on the left of the column Despite his great successes, Rubens was always ambivalent about court life.…