Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Los borrachos, o El triunfo de Baco (The Drunkards, or The Triumph of Bacchus) 1628–1629 Oil on canvas, 165 x 225 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Documentation of payment received by Velázquez in July 1629 for an…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Le tre età dell’uomo (The Three Ages of Man) 1512–1514 Oil on canvas, 90 x 150.7 cm Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh This early work depicts the three stages of life: infancy, adulthood and old age. Cupid clambers over the sleeping…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Concerto (Concert) c.1510 Oil on canvas, 86.5 x 123.5 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Flora c.1517 Oil on canvas, 79.7 x 63.5 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze A young woman emerges from the brown background of the painting, holding out a bouquet of spring flowers, consisting of violets, rosebuds and jasmine. She is dressed…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Autoritratto (Self-Portrait) c.1562 Oil on canvas, 86 x 65 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Titian painted his first self-portrait before leaving for Rome in 1545. However, it was after his Roman stay that he showed the most interest in disseminating…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Amor sacro e amor profano (Sacred and Profane Love) 1515–1516 Oil on canvas, 118 x 278 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma This work was probably sold to Scipione Borghese in 1608 by Cardinal Paolo Emilio Sfondrati. A veritable interpretative enigma, critics…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Venere di Urbino (Venus of Urbino) 1538 Oil on canvas, 119 x 165 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze This is one of Titian’s most famous works and it depicts the emblematic figure of a young bride about to be dressed…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Ragazzo che monda un frutto (Boy peeling a fruit) c.1592–1593 Oil on canvas, 63 x 53 cm Royal Collection, Hampton Court Palace, London Caravaggio was probably the most influential painter of the early seventeenth century. This may be his…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Juliette Courbet 1873–1874 Oil on canvas, 81 x 65.5 cm Museu de Arte de São Paulo, São Paulo Juliette, the youngest of the artist’s three sisters, was to become the faithful conservator of his studio. The work…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Portrait de Juliette Courbet (Portrait of Juliette Courbet) 1844 Oil on canvas, 77.5 x 62 cm Petit Palais, Paris See also: • Courbet, Juliette (1831-1915)