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Ritratto di Gian Paolo Zappi (c.1577)

Fontana, Lavinia (1552-1614) Ritratto di Gian Paolo Zappi (Portrait of Gian Paolo Zappi) c.1577 Oil on copper, 17 x 14 cm Museo de Zaragoza, Zaragoza Recto: Fontana, Lavinia (1552-1614) Autoritratto c.1577 Museo de Zaragoza, Zaragoza   Double portrait of a married couple. See also:…

La Femme à l’éventail (1862)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Femme à l’éventail ou La Maîtresse de Baudelaire (The Woman with a Fan or Baudelaire’s Mistress) 1862 Oil on canvas, 45.5 x 26.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Study: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Maîtresse de Baudelaire c.1862 Kunsthalle…

Hamlet et sa mère (1849)

Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Hamlet et sa mère (Hamlet and His Mother) 1849 Oil on canvas, 27.3 x 18.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This painting depicts the moment in Shakespeare’s epic tragedy Hamlet in which the protagonist, who has been…

Othello et Desdémone (1847-1849)

Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Othello et Desdémone (Othello and Desdemona) 1847–1849 Oil on canvas, 50.8 x 62.2 cm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Compare: Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Desdemona maudite par son père c.1852 Brooklyn Museum, New York     See also: • Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Madonna col Bambino tra due sante (c.1490)

Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) & Workshop Madonna col Bambino tra due sante (The Virgin and Child between two Saints) c.1490 Oil on panel, 77 x 104 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The Virgin holds the Christ Child in her arms, flanked by…

Le gourmet (1901)

Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Le gourmet 1901 Oil on canvas, 92.8 x 68.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Painted almost entirely in shades of cool blues, a little girl stands at a table holding a bowl and spoon in this vertical…

Deux femmes (1922)

Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) Deux femmes (Two Women) 1922 Oil on canvas, 90.8 x 58.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Fernand Léger originated a distinct cubist style in the twentieth century. In the early 1920s he both embraced and influenced the…

Madonna and Child (c.1496-1499)

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Madonna and Child (obverse) c.1496–1499 Oil on panel, 52.4 x 42.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Dürer was born in Nuremberg and received a typical medieval training from his goldsmith father and from the Nuremberg painter Michael…