Rosso Fiorentino (1495-1540) Mosè difende le figlie di Jetro (Moses Defends the Daughters of Jethro) 1523–1527 Oil on canvas, 160 x 117 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Sacrificio di Isacco (The Sacrifice of Isaac) c.1527 Oil on wood, 178 x 138 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland In this dramatic test of faith from the Old Testament book of Genesis, Abraham agrees to slay his…
Masaccio (1401-1428) Cacciata di Adamo ed Eva dal paradiso terrestre (Expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Earthly Paradise) c.1424–1428 (altered in 1680, and restored in 1980) Fresco, 214 x 90 cm Cappella Brancacci, Firenze In 1680 Cosimo III de’ Medici,…
Verrocchio, Andrea del (1435-1488) Putto in equilibrio su un globo (Putto Poised on a Globe) c.1480 Unbaked clay, 75 x 38.3 x 23 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Poised tiptoe on a globe, this chubby cherub seems to pirouette, inviting interest…
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Giovane Satiro che raccoglie l’uva (Young Satyr gathering Grapes) 1597–1600 Oil and egg on wood, 54.5 x 88.5 cm National Gallery, London A naked young satyr, just like a little boy but with pointed ears and a curly tail,…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) La Femme aux bas blancs (Woman with White Stockings) 1864 Oil on canvas, 65 x 81 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Traditionally, European painters made the nude subject decorous by presenting it as part of an edifying mythological narrative.…