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San Giuseppe e Gesù Bambino (1767-1769)

Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) San Giuseppe e Gesù Bambino (Saint Joseph and the Christ Child) 1767–1769 Oil on canvas, 154 × 111.3 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit This imposing yet tender representation of Saint Joseph gently cradling the infant Jesus in…

Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina (1510-1515)

Correggio (c.1489-1534) Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina (The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine) 1510–1515 Oil on panel, 27.7 x 21.4 cm, 0.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Three women, two men, and a baby sit on or stand near a…

Beata Beatrix (c.1864-1870)

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Beata Beatrix c.1864–1870 Oil on canvas, 86.4 x 66 cm Tate Britain, London Dante Gabriel Rossetti identified closely with the medieval poet Dante Alighieri. Rossetti saw his own despair at the death of his wife, the artist and…

Fair Rosamund (1861)

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…

Lady Lilith (1867)

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…

Bocca Baciata (1859)

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…

Ecce Ancilla Domini (1849-1850)

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Ecce Ancilla Domini (The Annunciation) 1849–1850 Oil on canvas, 72.4 × 41.9 cm Tate Britain, London Inspired by the work of early Renaissance artists such as Botticelli (1445-1510) and Fra Angelico (1387-1455), Rossetti sought in this work…