David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825) Napoléon au Grand Saint-Bernard (Napoleon at the Great St. Bernard) 1801 Oil on canvas, 275 × 232 cm Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna With the wind at his back – his red cape practically flying ahead of him – Napoleon…
Michelangelo (1475-1564) Disegno per una statua equestre di Enrico II di Francia (Design for an Equestrian Statue of Henry II of France) 1559–1564 Chalk on paper, 13 x 12 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam In 1559 Catherine of Medici commissioned Michelangelo to create…
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Napoléon entrant au Caire (Napoleon Entering Cairo) c.1900 Gilt bronze, 38.1 × 43.2 cm (without base) Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago See also: • Cairo (Egypt) | Napoléon I (1769-1821)
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le Pont Neuf (The Pont Neuf) 1871 Oil on canvas, 53.34 × 73.03 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Claude Monet returned to Paris in the fall of 1871 after more than a year of exile in…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Felipe IV, a caballo (Philip IV on horseback) c.1635 Oil on canvas, 303 x 317 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Of the equestrian portraits painted for the Hall of Realms, this is the only one with a…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of Frederick Rihel on Horseback c.1663 Oil on canvas, 294.5 x 241 cm National Gallery, London This life-size portrait of a man on a rearing horse is an extremely unusual painting. It is one of the largest…
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Saint George and the Dragon c.1504–1505 Woodcut, 21.3 x 14.2 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Carlo V nella battaglia di Mühlberg (Charles V at the Battle of Mühlberg) 1548 Oil on canvas, 335 cm x 283 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This portrait commemorates Charles V’s victory over the Schmalkaldic League at Mühlberg on…
Raffaello (1483-1520) San Giorgio e il drago (Saint George and the Dragon) c.1506 Oil on panel, 28.5 x 21.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Raphael was born in Urbino, a central Italian duchy noted for its elegant gentility and Renaissance scholarship.…
Raffaello (1483-1520) San Giorgio uccide il drago, disegno (Drawing for St George and the Dragon) c.1506 Pen and ink over black chalk, 26.3 x 21.3 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze See also: Raffaello (1483-1520) San Giorgio e il drago c.1506 National…