Tag: drapery

Madonna col Bambino (s.d.)

Brunelleschi, Filippo (1377-1446) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) s.d. Polychromed terracotta, 79 × 72.7 × 22.5 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Attributed to Filippo Brunelleschi.

San Girolamo penitente (1606)

Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) San Girolamo penitente (The Penitent Saint Jerome) 1606 Oil on wood panel, 52.7 x 41.6 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton While in the Syrian desert (A.D. 374–379), Jerome was tempted by Satan (the monster in the crevice…

Fair Rosamund in her Bower (after 1854)

Scott, William Bell (1811-1890) Fair Rosamund in her Bower after 1854 Oil on canvas, 60.3 x 49.5 cm Private collection Comentary by Rupert Maas: Scott first painted the subject of Rosamund in 1854, for exhibition in the Royal Scottish Academy. This…

Fair Rosamond Alone in Her Bower (c.1853)

Scott, William Bell (1811-1890) Fair Rosamond Alone in Her Bower c.1853 Oil on canvas, 68 x 51.4 cm Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow Compare: De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) Queen Eleanor and the Fair Rosamund Probably 1901–1902 De Morgan Collection     Rossetti,…

Fair Rosamund (1916)

Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) Fair Rosamund 1916 Oil on canvas, 96.5 x 72.3 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff Fair Rosamund kneels in prayer, waiting for her lover King Henry II. From behind the curtain appears the vengeful Queen Eleanor, who has…

Aeneas in the underworld

Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Aeneas in the underworld s.d. Oil on oak panel, 47 x 32 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff The Trojan warrior Aeneas has ventured into the Underworld in search of his dead father. Horrified, he suddenly finds himself…

Jephthah (1867)

Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) Jephthah 1867 Oil on canvas, 127 x 162.7 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff