Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Amor sacro e amor profano (Sacred and Profane Love) 1515–1516 Oil on canvas, 118 x 278 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma This work was probably sold to Scipione Borghese in 1608 by Cardinal Paolo Emilio Sfondrati. A veritable interpretative enigma, critics…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Venere di Urbino (Venus of Urbino) 1538 Oil on canvas, 119 x 165 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze This is one of Titian’s most famous works and it depicts the emblematic figure of a young bride about to be dressed…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Ragazzo che monda un frutto (Boy peeling a fruit) c.1592–1593 Oil on canvas, 63 x 53 cm Royal Collection, Hampton Court Palace, London Caravaggio was probably the most influential painter of the early seventeenth century. This may be his…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) L’Atelier du peintre (The Painter’s Studio) 1854–1855 Oil on canvas, 361 x 598 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris The enormous Studio is without doubt Courbet‘s most mysterious composition. However, he provides several clues to its interpretation: “It’s the whole world…
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Autoportrait à l’âge de 24 ans (Self-portrait at age 24) 1804 Oil on canvas, 77 x 63 cm Musée Condé, Chantilly An early work, painted in 1804, was exhibited in its initial state at the Salon…
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Majas al balcón (Majas on a Balcony) c.1808–1812 Oil on canvas, 162 x 107 cm Private collection, Switzerland Compare: Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Majas al balcón c.1800–1810 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) La maja vestida (The Clothed Maja) 1800–1807 Oil on canvas, 94.7 x 188 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid An unidentified lady wearing delicate transparent clothing and a yellow jacket with black decorations lies on a green velvet divan…
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Corral de locos (Yard with Madmen) 1794 Oil on tin-plated iron, 42.9 x 31.4 cm Meadows Museum, Dallas Compare: Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Casa de locos after 1794 Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) San Francisco de Borja y el moribundo impenitente (St Francis Borja at the Deathbed of an Impenitent) 1788 Oil on canvas, 350 x 300 cm Catedral de Valencia, Valencia See also: • Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) María Teresa de Borbón y Vallabriga, later Condesa de Chinchón 1783 Oil on canvas, 134.5 x 117.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A young girl with pale skin, rosy cheeks, and blond hair stands facing us…