Caravaggio (1571-1610) Narciso (Narcissus) 1597–1599 Oil on canvas, 113.3 x 94 cm Palazzo Barberini, Roma The classical myth of Narcissus had been frequently represented since antiquity, but the version by Caravaggio is distinguished by its unusual compositional scheme, conceived rather like a…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Giuditta e Oloferne (Judith Beheading Holofernes) c.1599 Oil on canvas, 145 x 195 cm Palazzo Barberini, Roma Three characters and a red cloth in the background: few elements, capable of orchestrating a true theater of opposites. Darkness and light,…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Estasi di San Francesco (Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy) c.1595–1596 Oil on canvas, 94 x 129.5 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Curatorial Narrative: Caravaggio revolutionized the painting of his era through a theatrical use of light, dramatic narrative, and the naturalistic…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Conversione di San Paolo (Conversion of Saint Paul) 1600–1601 Oil on canvas, 230 x 175 cm Cappella Cerasi, Santa Maria del Popolo, Roma Compare: Caravaggio (1571-1610) Conversione di San Paolo 1600 Odescalchi Balbi Collection, Roma
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Martirio di San Matteo (Martyrdom of Saint Matthew) 1599–1600 Oil on canvas 323 x 342 cm Cappella Contarelli, San Luigi dei Francesi, Roma
Caravaggio (1571-1610) San Matteo e l’angelo (Inspiration of Saint Matthew) 1602 Oil on canvas 296.5 x 195 cm Cappella Contarelli, San Luigi dei Francesi, Roma
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) La Vierge aux anges (The Virgin with Angels / Song of the Angels) 1881 Oil on canvas, 213.4 x 152.4 cm Forest Lawn Museum, Glendale
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) La Femme aux chrysanthèmes (A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers, Madame Paul Valpinçon?) 1865 Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 92.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The juxtaposition of the prominent bouquet and the off-center figure,…
Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Manet et son chevalet (Manet and his Easel) 1868–1870 Charcoal, blue and white chalk on blue laid paper faded to yellow-gray, 29.5 x 21.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This sensitive drawing testifies to the collaboration and…
Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Jeune femme aux pivoines (Young Woman with Peonies) 1870 Oil on canvas, 60.3 x 75.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Holding a bunch of peonies in one hand, a woman with brown skin leans forward, toward us from…