Ensor, James (1860-1949) Squelettes voulant se chauffer (Skeletons Wanting to Warm Themselves) 1889 Oil on canvas, 74.8 x 60 cm Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth James Ensor was one of the most original painters of the late nineteenth century. Populated with…
Ensor, James (1860-1949) Face à la mort des masques (Masks Confronting Death) 1888 Oil on canvas, 81.3 x 100.3 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York
Carriera, Rosalba (1675-1757) Apollo 1740–1746 Pastel on blue paper, 67 x 52 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Pair: Carriera, Rosalba (1675-1757) Diana 1740–1746 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Carriera, Rosalba (1675-1757) Ritratto di dama con scimmietta (Portrait of a Lady with a Little Monkey) c.1720 Pastel on blue paper mounted on canvas, 57.9 x 43.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Carriera, Rosalba (1675-1757) Autoritratto con il ritratto della sorella (Self-Portrait with the Portrait of her Sister) 1715 Pastel on paper, 71 x 57 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978) Dr. Albert C. Barnes 1926 Oil on canvas, 92.7 x 73.7 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Dr. Albert C. Barnes acquired and arranged all the works in these galleries between 1912 and 1951. The Italian surrealist Giorgio de Chirico…
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Venus Frigida (Cold Venus) 1614 Oil on panel, 143 x 184 x 3.8 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp The title refers to Terence: “sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus” (“without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus freezes”)…
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) The Lamentation over the Dead Christ c.1640 Oil on canvas, 115.5 × 207.5 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp Christ’s dead body is laid out across the entrance to a cave, his head resting on Mary’s…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Jacopo Pesaro presentato a san Pietro da papa Alessandro VI (Pope Alexander VI Borgia Presenting Jacopo Pesaro to Saint Peter) 1506–1510 Oil on canvas, 145 × 185 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp See also: • Borgia, Rodrigo (1431-1503), Pope Alexander…
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) San Marco libera uno schiavo (The Miracle of the Slave, or The Miracle of Saint Mark) 1547–1548 Oil on canvas, 416 x 544 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia