Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) Gypsy Girl (La Bohémienne) c.1626 Oil on canvas, 58 x 52 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The title of “Bohemian”, inseparable from the fame of the painting, was given to her upon her entry into the Louvre (cat. Reiset).…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Almuerzo de campesinos (The Farmers’ Lunch, Tavern Scene with Two Men and a Girl) c.1618–1619 Oil on canvas, 96 × 112 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) View of the Westerkerk, Amsterdam probably 1660 Oil on oak, 90.7 x 114.5 cm National Gallery, London This is one of the ultimate seventeenth-century examples of what today we might think of as a high-resolution image.…
Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) Girls on the bridge (Pikene på broen) 1918 Colour lithography, 62.5 x 52.8 cm Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim
Carriera, Rosalba (1675-1757) Ritratto di dama con scimmietta (Portrait of a Lady with a Little Monkey) c.1720 Pastel on blue paper mounted on canvas, 57.9 x 43.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Presentazione della Vergine al Tempio (Presentation of the Virgin at the Temple) 1534–1538 Oil on canvas, 335 x 775 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia
Pontormo (1494-1557) Ritratto di Maria Salviati con Giulia de’ Medici (Portrait of Maria Salviati de’ Medici and Giulia de’ Medici) c.1539 Oil on panel, 88 x 71.3 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore See also: • Medici, Giulia de’ (c.1535-c.1588) | Salviati, Maria…
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
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Omaggio a Velázquez (A Homage to Velázquez) c.1692–1700 Oil on canvas, 205.2 x 182.2 cm National Gallery, London The title of this painting originates from the idea that the man seated in the centre represents Diego Velázquez at the…
Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Storie di S. Nicola di Bari: Dono alle fanciulle povere (Stories of St. Nicholas of Bari: Gift to Poor Girls) 1425 Tempera on panel, 35.5 × 36 cm Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vaticano Stories of St. Nicholas of Bari: The…