Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) The Nymph of the Spring after 1537 Oil on panel, 48.4 x 72.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington The nymph reclines beside a spring, perhaps a reference to a legendary ancient Roman fountain with which a…
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Venere adornata dalle Grazie (Venus Adorned by the Graces) c.1590–1595 Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 133 x 170.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In the left half of this horizontal painting, a bare-chested, seated woman, Venus, is…
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Susanna e i vecchioni (Susanna and the Elders) c.1720 Oil on canvas, 66.7 x 54.3 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) The Return of the Holy Family from Egypt c.1630 Oil on canvas, 231.5 x 153 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) El artista en su jardín (The Artist in His Garden) s.d. Ink on paper, 37.15 x 25.56 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) Hombre con un fardo de trigo (Man with a Bale of Wheat) s.d. Watercolor on paper, 37.15 x 25.56 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) Niña con máscara (Young Girl With a Mask) 1939 Oil on canvas, 107.3 x 54.6 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford This young girl holds a skull mask, a popular symbol for Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), the…
Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711) The Infant Moses (Trampling the Crown of Pharaoh) 1685 Oil on canvas, 139.4 x 140.3 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Ragazza danzante (Dancing Girl) s.d. Plaster, height 105.1 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Les Baigneuses (Bathers) 1854 Oil on canvas, 93.3 x 79.4 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford At the height of his career, Eugène Delacroix was challenged by a patron in 1854 to paint a scene of female bathers in a forest…