Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Fair Rosamund 1861 Oil on canvas, 51.9 x 41.7 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff Fair Rosamund (d.c.1176) was the mistress of Henry II. She appears here behind a balustrade in the royal manor of Woodstock. The red…
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Lady Lilith 1867 Watercolor and gouache, 51.3 x 44 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Fascinated by women’s physical allure, Rossetti here imagines a legendary femme fatale as a self-absorbed nineteenth-century beauty who combs her hair…
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Bocca Baciata (Lips That Have Been Kissed) 1859 Oil on panel, 32.1 x 27 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Fanny Cornforth (1835-1909), born Sarah Cox in Sussex, England, modelled frequently for Rossetti, becoming not only his…
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Ecce Ancilla Domini (The Annunciation) 1850 Oil on canvas, 72.4 × 41.9 cm Tate Britain, London
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Ritratto di una giovane ragazza (Portrait of a Young Girl) c.1589–1590 Oil on paper, laid down on canvas, 37.5 x 27.5 cm Private collection
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Infanta Margarita Teresa con vestido rosa (Infanta Margarita Teresa in pink dress) 1654 Oil on canvas, 128 × 99.6 × 3.2 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Margarita was the first child of the marriage between King Philip IV and his…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Infanta Margarita Teresa con vestido azul (Infanta Margarita Teresa in blue dress) 1659 Oil on canvas, 125.5 × 106 × 3 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna One year before his death Velázquez created this portrait of the eight-year old…
Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) Large bouquet of flowers in a wooden vessel c.1606–1607 Oil on oak, 97.5 × 73 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna From 1600 on, painting flowers developed into a separate category of still life. Jan Brueghel is one…
Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna del Prato (Madonna of the meadow) 1505–1506 Oil on poplar, 113 × 88.3 × 3.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscription on the hem of Mary’s dress with the year M.d.V. (perhaps also M.D.V.I. to be read) The group,…
Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Portrait of a Woman c.1760 Oil on canvas, 75.6 x 63.5 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence