Tag: drapery

Jupiter enfant nourri par la chèvre Amalthée (c.1639)

Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Jupiter enfant nourri par la chèvre Amalthée (Child Jupiter nursed by the goat Amalthea) c.1639 Oil on canvas, 97 x 133 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin Compare: Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Jupiter enfant nourri par les nymphes c.1650 National Gallery of Art, Washington  …

Jupiter enfant nourri par les nymphes (c.1650)

Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Jupiter enfant nourri par les nymphes (Nymphs Feeding the Child Jupiter) c.1650 Oil on canvas, 117.4 x 155.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Compare: Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Jupiter enfant nourri par la chèvre Amalthée c.1639 Gemäldegalerie, Berlin    

Sant’Apollonia (c.1455-1460)

Piero della Francesca (c.1416-1492) Sant’Apollonia (Saint Apollonia) c.1455–1460 Tempera on poplar panel, 38.8 x 28 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Attributed to Piero della Francesca. Shown from the knees up, a pale-skinned woman in front of a gold background wears a…

Madonna and Child with Angels (after 1479)

Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Madonna and Child with Angels after 1479 Oil on panel, 57.6 x 46.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In the tradition of his Flemish predecessors, Memling‘s painting contains a wealth of religious meaning; it is filled with symbols…

Saint Veronica (c.1470-1475)

Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Saint Veronica (obverse) c.1470–1475 Oil on panel, 30.3 x 22.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Reverse: Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Chalice of Saint John the Evangelist c.1470–1475 National Gallery of Art, Washington    

Madonna della melagrana (1475-1480)

Lorenzo di Credi (c.1459-1537) Madonna della melagrana (Madonna and Child with a Pomegranate) 1475–1480 Oil on poplar panel, 16.5 x 13.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from about the waist up, a woman stands on the far side of a…

A Young Man in a Large Hat (1626-1629)

Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) A Young Man in a Large Hat 1626–1629 Oil on panel, 29.3 x 23.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Frans Hals was the preeminent portrait painter in Haarlem, the most important artistic center of Holland in the early…

Guerrier nu avec une lance (c.1816)

Géricault, Théodore (1791-1824) Guerrier nu avec une lance (Nude Warrior with a Spear) c.1816 Oil on canvas, 93.6 x 75.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington At the age of nineteen, Théodore Gericault entered the Parisian studio of Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, a successful…

Madonna col Bambino in trono (c.1420)

Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Madonna col Bambino in trono (Madonna and Child Enthroned) c.1420 Tempera on poplar panel, 95.7 x 56.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A young woman, holding a baby in her lap, sits on a wide bench…

La vocazione degli apostoli Pietro e Andrea (1308-1311)

Duccio di Buoninsegna (c.1255-c.1319) La vocazione degli apostoli Pietro e Andrea (The Calling of the Apostles Peter and Andrew) 1308–1311 Tempera on panel, 42.7 × 45.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington This painting was part of the predella (the bottom tier)…