Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Luis de Góngora y Argote 1622 Oil on canvas, 50.2 x 40.6 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Velázquez‘s abilities as both painter and observer make him one of the great portraitists of Western painting; this early work is…
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Venere, Adone e Cupido (Venus, Adonis and Cupid) c.1590 Oil on canvas, 212 x 268 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Venus, the Roman goddess of Love and Beauty, is accidentally wounded by one of her son Cupid’s arrows,…
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Madonna e Bambino con san Giovannino (The Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist) 1599–1600 Oil on panel, diameter 29 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This late work whose composition recalls those of Raphael, is…
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) San Pietro (Saint Peter) 1604–1606 Fresco transferred to canvas Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona Mural Paintings from the Herrera Chapel.
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Apostoli intorno al sepolcro vuoto (Apostles around the Empty Sepulchre) 1604–1606 Fresco transferred to canvas Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona Mural Paintings from the Herrera Chapel.
David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825) Portrait de l’artiste (Portrait of the Artist) 1794 Oil on canvas, 81 x 64 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Sposalizio mistico di Santa Caterina (The Mystical Marriage of St. Catherine) c.1585 Oil on canvas, 160 x 128 cm Museo di Capodimonte, Napoli
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Pietà con i santi Chiara, Francesco e Maria Maddalena (Pietà with Saints Clare, Francis and Mary Magdalene) 1585 Oil on canvas, 378.3 × 239.7 cm Galleria Nazionale, Parma
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Self-Portrait 1623 Oil on panel, 85.7 x 62.2 x 0.5 cm Royal Collection, Buckingham Palace, London This painting seems to have been something of a face-saver. In 1621 Rubens supplied Lord Danvers with a Lion Hunt (now lost),…
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Agonia nell’orto (The Agony in the Garden) c.1596–1597 Oil on panel, 39.1 x 30.3 cm Royal Collection, Windsor Castle Against a dark background the figure of Christ kneels, his head turned right towards the figure of an angel in…