Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Versailles 1900–1905 Oil on canvas, 52.1 x 63.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Renouncing the informal approach of Impressionist painters during his later career, Renoir returned to more traditionally inspired motifs. This autumn landscape shows…
Guercino (1591-1666) Susanna e i vecchioni (Susanna and the Elders) 1617 Oil on canvas, 176 x 208 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Historian Denis Mahon has masterfully shown that this painting and two other famous works by Guercino –Lot and…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Venere con organista e cagnolino (Venus with an Organist and a Little Dog) c.1550 Oil on canvas, 138 x 222.4 x 3.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid In contrast to the paintings created for the Camerino d’Alabastro and the…
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Madonna at the Fountain 1439 Oil on panel, 19 x 12 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp Inscriptions: frame, lower: A XAN/ IOHES DE EYCK ME FECIT + PLEVIT ANO 1439° The Virgin Mary lovingly cradles the…
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Ghent altarpiece 1432 Oil on oak panel, 340 x 520 cm Saint Bavo’s Cathedral, Ghent Ghent altarpiece closed. The central panel: Adoration of the Mystic Lamb. The donor, Jodocus Vijdt (d.1439) The donor’s wife, Lysbette Borluut…
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Fontana dei Fiumi (Fountain of the Four Rivers) 1651 Marble and travertine Piazza Navona, Roma Río de la Plata River Ganges River Nile The Danube Compare: Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) The Four Rivers of Paradise c.1615 Kunsthistorisches…
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Caravaggio (1571-1610) Narciso (Narcissus) 1597–1599 Oil on canvas, 113.3 x 94 cm Palazzo Barberini, Roma The classical myth of Narcissus had been frequently represented since antiquity, but the version by Caravaggio is distinguished by its unusual compositional scheme, conceived rather like a…