Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Deux femmes (Two Women) 1901 or 1902 Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 92.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Gauguin based this formidable composition on a photograph of two women seated side by side on the…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Femmes tahitiennes se baignant (Tahitian Women Bathing) 1892 Oil on paper, laid down on canvas, 111.12 x 89.21 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Dreaming of a paradise where he could “listen to the silence of…
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Cristo nella casa di Marta e Maria (Christ in the House of Martha and Mary) 1605 Oil on poplar, 125 x 118 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscribed on the stone at the right side of the well:…
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) San Giovanni Battista nel deserto (St. John the Baptist in the Desert) 1586 Oil on copper, 34.50 x 26 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Venere e Cupido (Venus and Cupid) c.1575–1580 Oil on wood, 143 x 226.50 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier The Mannerist painter Allori designed a complex representation of Venus which owes much to the powerful figures of Michelangelo. The…
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Ritratto di Francesco I de’ Medici (Portrait of Francesco I de’ Medici) c.1558 Oil on lead with gold leaf, diameter 7.3 cm Private collection Francesco I was the son of Cosimo de Medici and Eleonor of Toledo…
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Isabella de’ Medici Orsini con un cane (Isabella de’ Medici Orsini with a Dog) early 1560s Oil on panel, 88 × 71 cm Private collection, England See also: • Medici, Isabella de’ (1542-1576)
Copy after Bronzino (1503-1572) Ritratto di Isabella de’ Medici (Portrait of Isabella de Medici) late 17th century Oil on limewood panel, 61 x 45.4 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London Agnolo Bronzino (1503-1572) was born in Florence and first trained…