Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Pala di Gambassi, Madonna con Bambino in gloria e Santi (Gambassi Altarpiece, Virgin and Child in Glory with Six Saints) 1527–1528 Oil on panel, 209 x 176 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze This is the central panel of…
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) The Bowman (frontispiece from The Epic of Kings, Stories Retold from Firdusi) 1882 Etching in black on cream wove paper, 18.7 × 13.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This etching is one of two prints that Sir Lawrence…
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Il martirio e l’ultima comunione di Santa Lucia (The Martyrdom and Last Communion of Saint Lucy) 1585–1586 Oil on canvas, 139.7 x 173.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington While exposing her breast to the thrust of the dagger…
Valadon, Suzanne (1865-1938) La Toilette 1895 Etching on laid paper, 22.7 x 22.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Signorelli, Luca (c.1445-1523) Sposalizio della Vergine (The Marriage of the Virgin) c.1490–1491 Tempera on panel, 21.6 x 48 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Signorelli, Luca (c.1445-1523) La crocifissione (The Crucifixion) c.1504–1505 Tempera, oil, and gilding on panel, 72.5 x 101.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In this horizontal painting, a crowd of more than two dozen men and women gathered shoulder to shoulder at…
Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Jupiter enfant nourri par les nymphes (Nymphs Feeding the Child Jupiter) c.1650 Oil on canvas, 117.4 x 155.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Compare: Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Jupiter enfant nourri par la chèvre Amalthée c.1639 Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
Moore, Henry (1898-1986) Sketch-Model for Reclining Figure 1946 Terracotta, 8.3 x 16.8 x 7.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Gli storpi e malati curati presso la tomba di San Nicola (The Crippled and Sick Cured at the Tomb of Saint Nicholas) 1425 Tempera on panel, 35.5 x 35.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Ensor, James (1860-1949) Les Patineurs (The Ice Skaters) 1889 Hand-colored etching and drypoint, 17.8 x 23.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington