Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Labán en busca de sus dioses domésticos robados (Laban Searching for his Stolen Household Gods) c.1665–1670 Oil on canvas, 243 x 362 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland This story comes from the Old Testament book of…
Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) Ophelia 1851–1852 Oil on canvas, 76.2 x 111.8 cm Tate Britain, London The scene depicted is from Shakespeare‘s Hamlet, Act IV, Scene vii. See also: • Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) | Siddal, Elizabeth (1829-1862)
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Madonna Montalto (The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist) c.1600 Oil on copper, 35 x 27.5 cm National Gallery, London Domesticity reigns in this exquisite little picture. A delightfully pretty Virgin Mary balances a squirming,…
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Susanna e i vecchioni (Susanna and the Elders) c.1555–1556 Oil on canvas, 146 × 193.6 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna In the Old Testament, it is told how Susanna receives lewd proposals from two men who have secretly intruded…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) En promenade près d’Argenteuil (Out for a Walk near Argenteuil) 1875 Oil on canvas, 61 x 81.4 cm Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris See also: • Argenteuil (France) | Doncieux, Camille (1847-1879) | Monet, Jean (1867-1914)
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Enfants au Jardin des Tuileries (Children in the Tuileries Gardens) c.1861–1862 Oil on canvas, 37.8 x 46 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence See also: • Jardin des Tuileries (Paris)
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) View of Auvers-sur-Oise 1890 Oil on canvas, 34 x 42.1 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence See also: • Auvers-sur-Oise (France)
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Bacco e Arianna (Bacchus and Ariadne) 1520–1523 Oil on canvas, 176.5 x 191 cm National Gallery, London Titian’s Bacchus and Ariadne is one of the finest and most famous paintings in the National Gallery. The Cretan princess Ariadne has…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Green Park, London 1870 or 1871 Oil on canvas, 34.3 × 72.5 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Detail of Apsley House, home of the Duke of Wellington, and his equestrian statue. See also: • London (England) | Wellington…
Lippi, Filippino (1457-1504) La Sacra Famiglia con San Giovanni Battista e Santa Margherita (The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Margaret) 1495 Tempera and oil on wood, diameter 153 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Lippi‘s sophisticated composition…