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Compianto sul Cristo morto (1495)

Perugino (c.1446-1523) Compianto sul Cristo morto (Lamentation over the Dead Christ) 1495 Oil on wood, 220 x 195 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze Inscription: PETRUS PERUSINUS PINXIT A.D. MCCCCLXXXXV The body of Christ taken down from the cross is lying over…

Madonna della Seggiola (c.1512)

Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna della Seggiola (Madonna of the Chair) c.1512 Oil on wood, diameter 71 cm Galleria Palatina, Firenze Mary is seen from the side, seated on a ‘chamber chair’, a type of seat reserved for the high dignitaries of the papal…

La Vierge à l’hostie (1841)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) La Vierge à l’hostie (The Virgin with the Host) 1841 Oil on canvas, 116 х 84 cm Pushkin Museum, Moscow Compare: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) La Vierge adorant l’hostie 1852 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York    …

Un homme (1916)

Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Un homme (A Man) 1916 Oil on canvas, 46 × 38.1 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit

Donna con mandolino (1755-1760)

Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Donna con mandolino (Woman with a Mandolin) 1755–1760 Oil on canvas, 93.7 × 75 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Tiepolo‘s work reflects the culmination of the baroque tradition in Venice. In this painting the artist celebrated the…