Gentileschi, Artemisia (1593-c.1653) Ester e Assuero (Esther before Ahasuerus) 1620s Oil on canvas, 208.3 × 273.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The most famous woman painter of the seventeenth century, Gentileschi worked in Rome, Florence, Venice, and Naples. This…
Parmigianino (1503-1540) Madonna dal collo lungo (Long-necked Madonna) 1534–1540 Oil on panel, 216.5 x 132.5 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Parmigianino (1503-1540) Lucrezia (Lucretia) c.1539 Watercolor over black chalk, 29.8 x 20.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Parmigianino (1503-1540) Ritratto di giovane donna (Portrait of a young lady) c.1530 Oil on poplar, 48.5 × 46.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Correggio (c.1489-1534) Salvator Mundi c.1515 Oil on panel, 42.6 x 33.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) Femme nue couchée (Reclining Female Nude) 1844–1845 Oil on canvas, 33 x 41 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) Mariana 1851 Oil on mahogany, 59.7 x 49.5 cm Tate Britain, London When it was first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1851, this picture was accompanied by the following lines from Tennyson‘s Mariana (1830): She only said,…
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Ecce Ancilla Domini (The Annunciation) 1849–1850 Oil on canvas, 72.4 × 41.9 cm Tate Britain, London Inspired by the work of early Renaissance artists such as Botticelli (1445-1510) and Fra Angelico (1387-1455), Rossetti sought in this work…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Infanta Margarita Teresa con vestido rosa (Infanta Margarita Teresa in pink dress) 1654 Oil on canvas, 128 × 99.6 × 3.2 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Margarita was the first child of the marriage between King Philip IV and his…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Le petit déjeuner (Breakfast) 1920 Oil on canvas, 64.1 x 73.8 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia The artist’s model Antoinette Arnoud twists in her chair and glances from her book, lost in melancholic thoughts or daydreams. Similar images…