De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) The Angel of Death I 1880 Oil on canvas, 93 x 112.8 cm De Morgan Collection The theme of death was an increasingly common theme in Evelyn‘s oeuvre as time went by. The Angel of Death…
The Angel of Death I (1880)
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Venere e Cupido (1520s)
Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Venere e Cupido (Venus and Cupid) 1520s Oil on canvas, 92.4 x 111.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In his inimitable fashion, in this unique masterpiece Lorenzo Lotto takes one of the most popular subjects of Venetian…
Madonna che adora il Bambino (early 1490s)
Lorenzo di Credi (c.1459-1537) Madonna che adora il Bambino (Madonna Adoring the Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and an Angel) early 1490s Tempera on wood, diameter 91.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York An angel introduces the infant…
Madonna col Bambino (c.1483-1484)
Lippi, Filippino (1457-1504) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) c.1483–1484 Tempera, oil, and gold on wood, 81.3 x 59.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The Madonna and Child are shown in a contemporary Florentine palace. Through the window is…
Madonna col Bambino e angeli (c.1410)
Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Madonna col Bambino e angeli (Madonna and Child with Angels) c.1410 Tempera on wood, traces of gold ground, 85.7 x 50.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Although badly damaged, this picture is a rare work…
La mort de Socrate (1787)
David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825) La mort de Socrate (The Death of Socrates) 1787 Oil on canvas, 129.5 x 196.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In this landmark of Neoclassical painting from the years immediately preceding the French Revolution, David took up…
Pandora (1871)
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Pandora 1871 Oil on canvas, 131 x 79 cm Private collection
Portrait funéraire de Jacques Damala (c.1889)
Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923) Portrait funéraire de Jacques Damala (Funerary Portrait of Jacques Damala) c.1889 Marble, 27.9 x 46 x 31.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The great tragic actress, Sarah Bernhardt, was also a gifted sculptor. She carved this…
Cristo benedicente (c.1510)
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Cristo benedicente (Christ Blessing) c.1510 Oil on masonite, 58.1 x 46.51 cm New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans Christ holds his crystal orb, representing the celestial and earthly sphere over which he is the savior, in Latin the…
Sacra Conversazione (c.1560-1570)
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Sacra Conversazione (Holy Conversation) c.1560–1570 Oil on canvas, 122.87 x 148.91 x 8.89 cm New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans