Derain, André (1880-1954) Le peintre et sa famille (The Painter and his Family) c.1939 Oil on canvas, 176.5 x 123.8 cm Tate Britain, London This symbolic painting represents the life of an artist. It is an invented scene. Despite usually working…
Derain, André (1880-1954) Henri Matisse 1905 Oil on canvas, 46 x 34.9 cm Tate Britain, London A portrait of the painter Henri Matisse (1869-1954), executed at Collioure in the summer of 1905 at the same period as the portrait of Derain…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) André Derain 1905 Oil on canvas, 39.4 x 28.9 cm Tate Britain, London A portrait of the painter André Derain (1880-1954), executed at Collioure in the summer of 1905 at the same time as the portrait of Matisse…
Cagnacci, Guido (1601-1663) Allegoria dell’Astrologia sferica (Allegory of Spheral Astrology) c.1650–1655 Oil on canvas, 75.5 x 65.5 cm Pinacoteca Civica, Forlì
Cagnacci, Guido (1601-1663) Morte di Cleopatra (The Death of Cleopatra) after 1659 Oil on canvas, 153 x 169 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscribed at the bottom right of the armrest support: GVIDO CAGNAZZI The last queen of Egypt, Cleopatra, let herself…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Visión de san Pedro Nolasco (Vision of St. Peter Nolasco) 1629 Oil on canvas, 179 x 223 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Founder of the order of la Merced Calzada, the saint is depicted kneeling, leaning on…
Guercino (1591-1666) L’estasi di San Francesco (The Ecstasy of St. Francis) c.1620–1621 Oil on canvas, 162 x 127 cm Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
Guercino (1591-1666) Sant’Antonio da Padova col Bambino Gesù (Saint Anthony of Padua with the Infant Christ) 1656 Oil on canvas, 91 x 74 cm Private collection
Guercino (1591-1666) Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina (Mystical Marriage of St Catherine of Alexandria) c.1620 Oil on canvas, 89 x 75.7 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin Typical of Guercino‘s early, pre-Roman phase are the very delicate gradations of the main sections, shimmering…
Guercino (1591-1666) Semiramide chiamata alle armi (Semiramis called to Arms) 1645 Oil on canvas, 130 x 152 cm Private collection