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Portrait of a Young Venetian Woman (1505)

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Portrait of a Young Venetian Woman 1505 Spruce, 33 × 24.5 × 2.7 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscribed at the top in the middle with the monogram, dat. 1505 We don’t know who the charming young lady is,…

Madonna del Prato (1505-1506)

Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna del Prato (Madonna of the meadow) 1505–1506 Oil on poplar, 113 × 88.3 × 3.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscription on the hem of Mary’s dress with the year M.d.V. (perhaps also M.D.V.I. to be read) The group,…

Bacchus (1638-1640)

Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Bacchus 1638–1640 Oil on canvas, 191 x 161.3 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Bacchanalia was a favourite theme in Rubens‘s work, although Bacchus himself was rarely the subject of his paintings. He saw the subject as reflecting…

The Honeysuckle Bower (c.1609-1610)

Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) The Honeysuckle Bower c.1609–1610 Oil on canvas, transferred to wood, 178 x 136.5 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich Rubens returned to Antwerp in 1608 after an eight-year stay in Italy. The following year he married Isabella Brant. This…

Portrait of a Man (1597)

Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Portrait of a Man, Possibly an Architect or Geographer 1597 Oil on copper, 21.6 x 14.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This sensitive portrait on copper is one of Rubens’s earliest known works. The square…