Tag: drapery

La Virgen con el Niño (c.1670)

Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) La Virgen con el Niño (Madonna and Child) c.1670 Oil on canvas, 190 x 137 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam On loan from the Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis, May 1948. Mary, seated on the clouds, holds with both…

Quattro donne che fanno musica (1658-1660)

Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Quattro donne che fanno musica (Four Women making Music) 1658–1660 Oil on canvas, 57 x 101.5 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam On loan from the Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis, May 1948. Four young women making music. Busts. The two…

Cristo in casa di Simone il fariseo (1544)

Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) Cristo in casa di Simone il fariseo (Christ in the House of Simon the Pharisee) 1544 Pen, ink, chalk and brush on paper, 55.6 x 41.4 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam This detailed drawing on blue paper is a study…

Arrangement in Yellow and Gray: Effie Deans (c.1876-1878)

Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) Arrangement in Yellow and Gray: Effie Deans c.1876–1878 Oil on canvas, 194 x 93 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam A standing young woman, full-length, in profile to the right. One of several paintings of standing women titled “Arrangement…”…

Riposo nella fuga in Egitto (c.1626-1628)

Gentileschi, Orazio (1563-1639) Riposo nella fuga in Egitto (Rest on the Flight into Egypt) c.1626–1628 Oil on canvas, 138.5 × 216 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscribed at lower left: HORATIVS GENTILESHVS FECIT On the run from Herod, the Holy Family rests…

Cristo che porta la croce (c.1605-1607)

Gentileschi, Orazio (1563-1639) Cristo che porta la croce (Christ Carrying the Cross) c.1605–1607 Oil on canvas, 138.5 × 173 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna When Jesus carried his cross to Golgotha, “women ran behind, weeping and lamenting. And Jesus turned to them…