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Monsignor Francesco Barberini (c.1623)

Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Monsignor Francesco Barberini c.1623 Marble, 80.01 x 65.88 x 25.72 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington This free-standing, white marble sculpture shows the head, shoulders, and upper chest of a balding, bearded man. In this photograph, his body…

Marte e Venere uniti dall’Amore (1570s)

Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Marte e Venere uniti dall’Amore (Mars and Venus United by Love) 1570s Oil on canvas, 205.7 x 161 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The love between Mars, the god of war, and Venus, the goddess of…

Autorretrato (1936-1937)

Siqueiros, David Alfaro (1896-1974) Autorretrato (Self-portrait) 1936–1937 Lithograph, 58 × 40 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Alongside Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco, Siqueiros was one of the three mural painters known collectively as Los tres grandes (The Three…

Cristo benedicente (c.1510)

Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Cristo benedicente (Christ Blessing) c.1510 Oil on masonite, 58.1 x 46.51 cm New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans Christ holds his crystal orb, representing the celestial and earthly sphere over which he is the savior, in Latin the…

Mother and Child in the Conservatory (1906)

Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Mother and Child in the Conservatory 1906 Oil on canvas, 36 1/8 x 28 3/4 in New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans Mary Cassatt was one of the most prominent artists of her time. Born in Philadelphia,…

Ritratto di un uomo barbuto (c.1540)

Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Ritratto di un uomo barbuto (Portrait of a Bearded Man) c.1540 Oil on canvas, 97.79 x 85.09 cm New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans The tight space between the blue curtain, cast shadow of the green wall and…