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Cristo nella casa di Marta e Maria (1605)

Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Cristo nella casa di Marta e Maria (Christ in the House of Martha and Mary) 1605 Oil on poplar, 125 x 118 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscribed on the stone at the right side of the well:…

Venere e Cupido (c.1575-1580)

Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Venere e Cupido (Venus and Cupid) c.1575–1580 Oil on wood, 143 x 226.50 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier The Mannerist painter Allori designed a complex representation of Venus which owes much to the powerful figures of Michelangelo. The…

Garzia de’ Medici (c.1550)

Bronzino (1503-1572) Garzia de’ Medici c.1550 Oil on panel, 48 x 38 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This portrait of García de’ Medici (1547–1562), third son of Cosimo de’ Medici and Leonor de Toledo, is an excellent example of the…

Madonna e Bambino con santi (c.1540)

Bronzino (1503-1572) Madonna e Bambino con santi (The Madonna and Child with Saints) c.1540 Oil on wood, 101.6 x 81.3 cm National Gallery, London Elderly Saint Elizabeth looks down over the Virgin Mary’s shoulder at her son Saint John the…

Allegoria del trionfo di Venere (c.1545)

Bronzino (1503-1572) Allegoria del trionfo di Venere (An Allegory with Venus and Cupid) c.1545 Oil on wood, 146.1 x 116.2 cm National Gallery, London This is one of Bronzino’s most complex and enigmatic paintings. It contains a tangle of moral…

Venere dormiente (c.1508-1510)

Giorgione (c.1477-1510) & Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Venere dormiente (Sleeping Venus) c.1508–1510 Oil on canvas, 108.5 x 175 cm Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden The painting is one of the most famous works of the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister Dresden. It was probably commissioned by…

Eugène Manet et sa fille à Bougival (1881)

Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Eugène Manet et sa fille à Bougival (Eugène Manet and His Daughter at Bougival) 1881 Oil on canvas, 73 x 92 cm Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris See also: • Bougival (France) | Manet, Eugène (1833-1892) | Manet, Julie (1878-1966)