Gentileschi, Artemisia (1593-c.1653) Ester e Assuero (Esther before Ahasuerus) 1620s Oil on canvas, 208.3 × 273.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The most famous woman painter of the seventeenth century, Gentileschi worked in Rome, Florence, Venice, and Naples. This…
Parmigianino (1503-1540) Ritratto di gentildonna detto La Schiava turca (Portrait of a Gentlewoman known as the Turkish slave) c.1532 Oil on panel, 68 x 53 cm Galleria Nazionale, Parma
Parmigianino (1503-1540) Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina (Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine) c.1527–1529 Oil on wood, 73 x 58 cm Private collection Compare: Parmigianino (1503-1540) Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina c.1527–1531 National Gallery, London Parmigianino (1503-1540) Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina c.1529…
Parmigianino (1503-1540) Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina (Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine) c.1527–1531 Oil on wood, 74.2 x 57.2 cm National Gallery, London The infant Christ turns to look back at his mother as he places a ring on Saint Catherine’s finger.…
Parmigianino (1503-1540) Visione di san Girolamo (Vision of Saint Jerome) 1526–1527 Oil on poplar, 342.9 x 148.6 cm National Gallery, London This altarpiece is the greatest work that Parmigianino painted in Rome. It was commissioned by Maria Bufolina for a burial…
Parmigianino (1503-1540) Santa Taide (Saint Thaïs) s.d. Etching National Gallery of Art, Washington
Parmigianino (1503-1540) Ritratto di giovane donna (Portrait of a young lady) c.1530 Oil on poplar, 48.5 × 46.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Correggio (c.1489-1534) Ritratto di dama (Portrait of a Lady) 1520–1524 Oil on canvas, 103 × 87.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg A sensual version of Raphaelesque grace was produced by Antonio Allegri, known as Correggio, a painter who worked in Parma.…
Correggio (c.1489-1534) Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina alla presenza di san Sebastiano (The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine in the presence of Saint Sebastian; in the landscape, martyrs of two saints) c.1526–1527 Oil on wood, 105 × 102 cm Musée du…
Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) Portia 1886 Oil on canvas, 125.1 x 83.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In Shakespeare’s play The Merchant of Venice, the resourceful heroine Portia disguises herself in lawyer’s robes. Her intention is to outwit the…