Arcimboldo, Giuseppe (1526-1593) Quattro stagioni in una testa (Four Seasons in One Head) c.1590 Oil on panel, 60.4 x 44.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In this vertical painting, a tree trunk, branches, plants, fruit, and flowers are arranged to…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Allegoria dell’Abbondanza (Allegory of Abundance) c.1480–1485 Pen and brown ink, with brown wash, on paper, 31.7 x 25.2 cm British Museum, London Abundance or Autumn; female figure wearing classical dress, holding the hand of a putto who holds…
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Carità (Charity) c.1560 Oil on copper, 22.86 x 18.42 cm Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis
Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Raisin blanc et pomme dans une soucoupe (White Grape and Apple in a Saucer) 1870 Oil on canvas, 36.7 x 42.1 cm Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Le Concours musical (The Musical Contest) c.1749–1752 Oil on canvas, 62 x 74 cm Wallace Collection, London
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Anacréon, Bacchus et l’Amour (Anacreon with the Infants Bacchus and Cupid) modeled 1878 (cast c.1893) Bronze, 72.4 × 43.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In the early 19th century, industrial approaches to production created a new middle-class market for small-scale…
Ensor, James (1860-1949) Le coq mort (The Dead Rooster) 1894 Oil on canvas, 80 x 100 cm Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim
Carriera, Rosalba (1675-1757) Allegoria dell’autunno (Allegory of Autumn) c.1720 Pastel on paper, laid down on canvas, 46 x 32.5 cm Private collection
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Venus Frigida (Cold Venus) 1614 Oil on panel, 143 x 184 x 3.8 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp The title refers to Terence: “sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus” (“without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus freezes”)…
Masaccio (1401-1428) Madonna col Bambino (The Virgin and Child) 1426 Egg tempera on wood, 134.8 x 73.5 cm National Gallery, London This was once the central panel of an altarpiece, probably a polyptych, made by Masaccio for the Carmelite church of Santa…