Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Ritratto d’uomo (Portrait of a Man) c.1476 Oil and tempera on panel, 31 x 25.2 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma As is usual with Antonello’s portraiture, the figure is depicted in a three-quarter-length view of a half-bust against…
Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Pala di San Cassiano (San Cassiano Altarpiece) 1475–1476 Oil on poplar panel Center table: Madonna and Child, 115 × 63 cm Left panel: Saint Nicholas of Bari and Saint Magdalene (?), 55.5 × 35 cm Right…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Portrait d’Alfred Sisley (Portrait of Alfred Sisley) 1864 Oil on canvas, 81 x 65 cm Bührle Collection, Zürich See also: • Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899)
Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Dedalo e Icaro (Daedalus and Icarus) 1777–1779 Marble, 182 x 95 cm Museo Correr, Venezia This famous sculpture, his first large one in marble, is the masterpiece of Antonio Canova‘s Venetian youth. It was created for the procurator…
Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) & Workshop Busto di Napoleone (Bust of Napoleon Bonaparte) c.1810 Marble, h. 77 cm Galleria Palatina, Firenze See also: • Napoleon I (1769-1821)
Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Teseo sul Minotauro (Theseus and the Minotaur) 1782 Marble, 145.4 x 158.7 x 91.4 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London The legendary Greek hero Theseus sits astride the minotaur whom he has just killed. Coils of thread used…
Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Autoritratto (Self-portrait) 1792 Oil on canvas, 68 × 54.5 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Paolina Borghese Bonaparte come Venere Vincitrice (Paolina Borghese Bonaparte as Venus Victrix) 1804–1808 Carrara marble, 160 x 92 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma Portrayed by Antonio Canova in the guise Venus victorious in the Judgement of Paris, Pauline Borghese…
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Portrait de l’artiste (Self-Portrait) 1855 Oil on paper mounted on canvas, 81.5 x 65 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Raffaello (1483-1520) Ritratto del Cardinale Bibbiena (Portrait of Cardinal Bibbiena) c.1516 Oil on panel, 85 x 66.5 cm Galleria Palatina, Firenze Bernardo Dovizi (Bibbiena 1470– Rome 1520) was a scholar and a diplomat, as well as a friend and trusted private secretary…