Lippi, Filippino (1457-1504) Madonna della melagrana (Madonna of the Pomegranate) 3rd quarter of the 15th century Oil? on poplar, 79.8 x 55 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris In all likelihood, a replica by Filippino of a lost original by Botticelli from…
Lippi, Filippo (1406-1469) Pala Barbadori (Barbadori Altarpiece: Madonna and Child Surrounded by Angels, Saint Frediano and Saint Augustine) 1437 Oil? on poplar, 208 x 244 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Central panel of an altarpiece commissioned on March 8, 1437 by…
Botticini, Francesco (1446-1498) Madonna col Bambino e San Giovanni Battista (Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist) c.1470 Oil on wood, 70 x 53 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) The Coronation of Aesculapius s.d. Crayon Conté, pencil and black chalk, 24.2 x 33.7 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) L’Adorazione dei pastori (The Adoration of the Shepherds) 4th quarter of the 16th century Oil on copper, 29 x 23 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Artwork recovered after World War II, retrieved by the Office des Biens et…
Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Bacchanale (Bacchanal) 1625–1626 Oil on canvas, 122 x 169 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This is a traditional scene from the iconography of Bacchus, the Roman god of wine. It depicts his meeting with Ariadne on the island…
Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) The Virgin and Child with two Angels 1480–1490 Oil on panel, 36 x 26 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The Virgin appears seated in a walled garden, an allusion to the hortus conclusus or enclosed garden, which symbolizes…
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) L’Annunciazione (The Annunciation) c.1426 Tempera on panel, 162.3 x 191.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This altarpiece was painted for the monastery of Santo Domenico in Fiesole, near Florence. The central panel shows the Archangel Gabriel’s Annunciation to…
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) The Siesta, or Pompeian Scene 1868 Oil on canvas, 130 x 369 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid A domestic scene set in classical antiquity. An old man and a youth recline on divans while an attractive young woman…
Ruskin, John (1819-1900) Budding Sycamore 1875 Black and gray wash, gouache, and graphite, 34.8 x 44.8 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland This drawing was used as an illustration in John Ruskin‘s manual on drawing, Rudimentary Studies. The most influential art…