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Pietà ou La révolution la nuit (1923)

Ernst, Max (1891-1976) Pietà ou La révolution la nuit (Pietà or Revolution by Night) 1923 Oil on canvas, 116.2 × 88.9 cm Tate Britain, London Ernst was a surrealist artist. Inspired by the psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud’s (1856–1939) theory of the unconscious, surrealism…

Lovemaking (1915)

Schiele, Egon (1890-1918) Lovemaking (Liebesakt) 1915 Pencil and gouache on paper, 49.6 x 31.7 cm Leopold Museum, Vienna

Job and His Daughters (1799-1800)

Blake, William (1757-1827) Job and His Daughters 1799–1800 Pen and tempera on canvas, 27.3 x 38.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington An old man with a long, white beard and flowing, white hair sits surrounded by three young women in…

The Last Supper (1799)

Blake, William (1757-1827) The Last Supper 1799 Tempera on canvas, 30.5 x 48.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A long, rectangular dining table is surrounded by thirteen people in this horizontal painting. The skin of all the people, some of…

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…

Francesco d’Este (c.1460)

Van der Weyden, Rogier (c.1399-1464) Francesco d’Este c.1460 Oil on wood, 31.8 x 22.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The son of Leonello d’Este, ruler of Ferrara, Francesco received his education at the court of Philip the Good, duke of…