Cellini, Benvenuto (1500-1571) Perseo con la testa di Medusa (Perseus with the Head of Medusa) 1545–1554 Bronze, h. 519 cm Piazza della Signoria, Firenze Compare: Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Perseo con la testa della Medusa 1804–1806 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York …
Cellini, Benvenuto (1500-1571) Saliera (Salt Cellar) 1540–1543 Gold, enamel, ebony, ivory, 28.5 × 21.5 × 26.3 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The only extant work in gold by this Florentine artist already famous during his lifetime, Cellini’s masterpiece is far more than a…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) La Muse (The Muse) 1935 Oil on canvas, 130 x 162 cm Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris Returning to a peaceful climate, Picasso painted two Inspiration figures, one drawing its own reflection in the mirror, the other sleeping. The…
Schiele, Egon (1890-1918) Death and the Maiden (Tod und Mädchen) 1915 Oil on canvas, 150 × 180 cm Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Cristo in pietà sorretto da due angeli (Christ as the Suffering Redeemer supported by two angels) 1495–1500 Tempera on panel, 78 x 48 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen The Gospel according to St. Luke begins its account of…
Lippi, Filippino (1457-1504) Incontro di Gioacchino e Anna fuori dalla Porta Aurea di Gerusalemme (Meeting of Joachim and Anne outside the Golden Gate of Jerusalem) 1497 Tempera on panel, 112.5 x 124 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen Filippino Lippi first studied…
Ernst, Max (1891-1976) La Toilette de la mariée (Attirement of the Bride) 1940 Oil on canvas, 129.6 x 96.3 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York © 2023 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris Attirement of the Bride is an example of Max Ernst’s veristic…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Dans la vanillère, homme et cheval (In the Vanilla Grove, Man and Horse) 1891 Oil on jute canvas, 73 x 92 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York Prior to his first voyage to Tahiti in 1891, Paul Gauguin claimed—from a…
Raffaello (1483-1520) Studio per la ‘Madonna del Pesce’ (Study for the ‘Madonna del Pesce’) c.1512–1514 Brush and brown wash heightened with white over black chalk on paper, 25.80 x 21.30 cm Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh This drawing shows a very…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ragazzo con cani in un paesaggio (Boy with Dogs in a Landscape) 1565–1576 Oil on canvas, 99.5 x 117 cm Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam This is the only painting by Titian in a Dutch collection. The Venetian master painted…