Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Paolina Borghese Bonaparte come Venere Vincitrice (Paolina Borghese Bonaparte as Venus Victrix) 1804–1808 Carrara marble, 160 x 92 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma Portrayed by Antonio Canova in the guise Venus victorious in the Judgement of Paris, Pauline Borghese…
Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Le tre Grazie (Three Graces) 1813–1816 Marble, h. 182 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg A late work by Canova, The Three Graces was produced at a time when the artist was so famous that the public eagerly awaited…
Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Amore e Psiche (Cupid and Psyche) 1800–1803 Marble, h. 148 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Entered the Hermitage in 1815; previously in the collection of Jósephine de Beauharnais in the Castle of Malmaison near Paris. By the end…
Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Amore e Psiche (Cupid and Psyche) 1796 Marble, 148 x 172 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg The theories of Neoclassicism, formulated in the works of the German scholar and philosopher Johann Joachim Winckelmann, were vividly embodied in the…
Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Amore e Psiche in piedi (Cupid and Psyche Standing) c.1797 Marble, height: 145.1 cm; width: 63 cm; depth: 56 cm; diameter: 74 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris See also: • Apuleius (c.124-c.170): Psyche et Cupido (Latin)
Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Amore e Psiche che si abbracciano (Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss) 1787–1793 Marble, 155 x 168 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris See also: • Apuleius (c.124-c.170): Psyche et Cupido (Latin)
Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) Autoportrait aux sept doigts (Self-Portrait with Seven Fingers) 1912–1913 Oil on canvas, 126 x 107.5 cm Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam See also: • Tour Eiffel (Paris)
Madrazo y Kuntz, Luis de (1825-1897) Isabel la Católica c.1848 Oil on canvas, 225 x 140.8 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The Chronological Series of the Kings of Spain was a museum project planned in 1847 by José de Madrazo to adorn…
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Portrait de l’artiste (Self-Portrait) 1855 Oil on paper mounted on canvas, 81.5 x 65 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Raffaello (1483-1520) Ritratto del Cardinale Bernardo Dovizi, il Bibbiena (Portrait of Cardinal Bernardo Dovizi da Bibbiena) c.1516 Oil on canvas, 86.3 x 65.9 Galleria Palatina, Firenze Compare: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Les Fiançailles de Raphaël 1813–1814 Walters Art Museum, Baltimore See…