Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Marsia e Olimpo (Marsyas and Olympus) 1597–1600 Oil on wood, 34.4 x 84.2 cm National Gallery, London A naked golden-haired youth sits on a rock, playing the panpipes; another set of pipes hangs from the tree behind him.…
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Incoronazione della Vergine (The Coronation of the Virgin) after 1595 Oil on canvas, 117.8 x 141.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This majestic picture—a window onto heaven—was painted for Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini (1571–1621) following the artist’s…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ninfa e pastore (Nymph and shepherd) c.1570–1575 Oil on canvas, 149.6 × 187 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) A Caricature Group (Sir Charles Turner, Mr. Cook, Mr. John Woodyeare, and Rev. Dr. William Drake) c.1751 Oil on canvas, 62.9 x 48.3 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Jeune berger au repos (Young Shepherd in Repose) 1911 Oil on canvas, 73 x 91.1 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Tannhäuser 1886 Oil on canvas, 86.4 x 103.3 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Tannhäuser, the male figure seated on the left, does not seem fully engaged in this merry scene. Among pale bodies and pastel hues, he…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Suonatore di liuto (Lute Player) c.1595–1596 Oil on canvas, 100 x 126.5 cm Wildenstein Collection
El Greco (1541-1614) La Anunciación (The Annunciation) c.1596–1600 Oil on canvas, 114 x 67 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid This is a small-scale replica of the canvas on the same subject now in the Museo del Prado and was originally part of…
Severini, Gino (1883-1966) Nature morte avec mandoline (Still life with mandolin) 1920 Tempera on paper, 32 x 49 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano
Flinck, Govert (1615-1660) Rembrandt as Shepherd with Staff and Flute 1636 Oil on canvas, 74.5 x 64 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Depictions of shepherds and shepherdesses were popular in the 17th century. They show an idyllic world, one full of simple pleasures. Busy…