Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) The Feast of Herod 1531 Oil on panel, 81.3 x 119.7 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford The biblical story of Salome was popular during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, when it was seen as a cautionary tale of…
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Convito in casa di Levi (The Feast in the House of Levi) 1573 Oil on canvas, 560 x 1309 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia
Babettes gæstebud (original title) Director: Gabriel Axel Producer: Bo Christensen Screenplay: Gabriel Axel Based on: Babettes Gæstebud by Karen Blixen Genre: Drama Music: Per Nørgård Country: Denmark Language: Danish Studio: Nordisk Film Release date: 1987 Running time: 102 minutes Stéphane…
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Fiesta popular bajo un puente (Popular Feast under a Bridge) c.1808–1812 Oil on canvas, 72 x 100.5 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Belshazzar’s Feast c.1636–1638 Oil on canvas, 167.6 x 209.2 cm National Gallery, London Belshazzar’s Feast was painted somewhere between 1636 and 1638, when Rembrandt was about 30 years old. He had to make his way in Amsterdam, a…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Baccanale degli Andrii (Bacchanal of the Andrians) 1523–1526 Oil on canvas, 175 x 193 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Having delivered the Bacchus and Ariadne in 1523 Titian then painted The Andrians, also inspired by Philostratus. The scene is set…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Omaggio a Venere (Worship of Venus) 1518 Oil on canvas, 172 x 175 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Titian‘s first contribution to the Camerino d’Alabastro was prompted by the death in October 1517 of Fra Bartolommeo from whom Alfonso d’Este…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Festa in casa di Simone (The Feast in the House of Simon) c.1484–1491 Tempera on panel, 19.8 x 43.77 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia This panel was part of the predella of the Pala delle Convertite. Pala delle Convertite:…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Il festino degli dei (The Feast of the Gods) 1514 Oil on canvas, 170 x 188 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Six women, eight men, two satyrs, and one child gather in pairs and trios in a…