Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711) Hagar in the Desert 1675–1680 Oil on canvas, 74 x 60 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Hagar in the Desert (1675-1680)
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Maternal Love (c.1685)
Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711) Maternal Love (Caritas) c.1685 Oil on canvas, 57 x 48.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Bacchus and Ariadne (c.1680)
Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711) Bacchus and Ariadne c.1680 Oil on canvas, 175.2 x 92.5 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (on loan from Mauritshuis, The Hague) Ovid described the following scene in his Metamorphoses: on the island of Naxos, Bacchus, the god of wine, chances upon…
Mercury Ordering Calypso to Release Odysseus (c.1680)
Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711) Mercury Ordering Calypso to Release Odysseus c.1680 Oil on canvas, 132 x 96 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam During his wanderings, Odysseus encounters the nymph Calypso, who falls in love with him and holds him captive on her island.…
Selene and Endymion (c.1680)
Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711) Selene and Endymion c.1680 Oil on canvas, 177 x 118.5 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam The chaste goddess of the moon, Selene (or Diana), is in love with the shepherd Endymion. Only at night when he is asleep does…
Gloria di san Mercuriale (1642-1644)
Cagnacci, Guido (1601-1663) Gloria di san Mercuriale (Glory of Saint Mercurial) c.1642–1644 Oil on canvas, 410 x 231 Pinacoteca Civica, Forlì
Marta rimprovera Maria per la sua vanità (after 1660)
Cagnacci, Guido (1601-1663) Marta rimprovera Maria per la sua vanità (Martha Rebuking Mary for her Vanity) after 1660 Oil on canvas, 229.2 x 266.1 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena
Visión de san Pedro Nolasco (1629)
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Visión de san Pedro Nolasco (Vision of St. Peter Nolasco) 1629 Oil on canvas, 179 x 223 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Founder of the order of la Merced Calzada, the saint is depicted kneeling, leaning on…
L’estasi di San Francesco (1623-1625)
Guercino (1591-1666) L’estasi di San Francesco (The Ecstasy of St. Francis) c.1623–1625 Oil on canvas, 162 x 127 cm Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
San Luca dipinge la Vergine (1652-1653)
Guercino (1591-1666) San Luca dipinge la Vergine (St Luke Displaying a Painting of the Virgin) 1652–1653 Oil on canvas, 220.98 x 180.34 cm Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City