Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Virgin and Child with a Bunch of Grapes c.1509–1510 Oil on panel, 71.5 x 44.2 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Together with Albrecht Dürer, Lucas Cranach the Elder was one of the leading figures in the 16th-century…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Saint George (Exterior Right Wing) c.1514 Oil on panel, 85 x 30.6 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, on loan at the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC) Lucas Cranach the Elder was one of the most important artists…
Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) Retrato de Ramón Gómez de la Serna (Portrait of Ramón Gómez de la Serna) 1915 Oil on canvas, 110.5 x 90.5 cm Museo de Arte Latinoamericano, Buenos Aires This portrait of the writer Ramón Gómez de la Serna,…
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Madonna dei Cherubini, Madonna con il Bambino e un coro di cherubini (Madonna of Cherubs, Madonna and Child with a Choir of Cherubs) c.1485 Tempera on panel, 88 x 70 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The panel,…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Madonna Greca (The Greek Madonna) c.1460–1465 Oil on panel, 84 x 64 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The so-called ‘Greek Madonna’ by Giovanni Bellini takes its nickname from the Greek μήτηρ Θεού, seen at the top of…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Pietà c.1460 Tempera on panel, 86 x 107 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Signature: HAEC FERE QUUM GEMITUS TURGENTIA LUMINA PROMANT / BELLINI POTERAT FLERE IONNIS OPUS (This is whwn the lights of grievance pooceed / The…
Bellini, Jacopo (c.1400-c.1470) Madonna col Bambino benedicente e cherubini (Madonna and Child Blessing) c.1455 Tempera on wood, 82 x 55 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia Different ideas have been put forward regarding the original provenance of the panel, which, in the…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) late 1480s Oil on wood, 88.9 x 71.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Separated from our everyday world by a parapet, the Madonna nonetheless draws the viewer in with…
Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Sara la baigneuse (Sarah the Bather) 1887 Oil on canvas, 82.5 x 68.5 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Jeune mère contemplant son enfant (Young Mother Gazing at Her Child) 1871 Oil on canvas, 76.2 x 95.2 cm Private collection