Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516) Christ Mocked (The Crowning with Thorns) c.1510 Oil on oak, 73.8 × 59 cm National Gallery, London Christ stares calmly out at us from the heart of this picture, his serenity a vivid contrast to the brutality of…
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Santi Andrea e Tommaso (Saints Andrew and Thomas) before 1627 Oil on canvas, 61.5 × 78.1 cm National Gallery, London Gian Lorenzo Bernini was one of the most successful sculptors and architects of seventeenth-century Rome. This image…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Femme en chemise assise (Seated Woman in a Chemise) 1923 Oil on canvas, 92.1 × 73 cm Tate Britain, London Ballet dancer Olga Khokhlova (1891–1955), Picasso’s wife, was the model for this and several other works from the period.…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Femme nue dans un fauteuil rouge (Nude Woman in a Red Armchair) July 27, 1932 Oil on canvas, 129.9 × 97.2 cm Tate Britain, London This sensual portrait of Picasso’s lover Marie-Thérèse Walter was painted at the artist’s Normandy…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Le Petit Paysan (The Little Peasant) c.1918 Oil on canvas, 100 × 64.5 cm Tate Britain, London
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) A Priestess of Apollo c.1888 Oil on canvas, 34.9 x 29.8 cm Tate Britain, London In Roman mythology, Apollo was the sun god who lived in Mount Olympus, and who, in the guise of the sun, rode his…
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) La creazione di Eva (The Creation of Eve) c.1575 Oil on canvas, 81 × 103 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Valadon, Suzanne (1865-1938) Le bain (The Bath) 1905 Pastel on paper, 68.5 × 54.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago While she received little formal artistic training, Suzanne Valadon had many opportunities to observe artists at work as she modelled for…
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Tarquinio e Lucrezia (Tarquin and Lucretia) 1578–1580 Oil on canvas, 175 × 151.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago According to Roman history, the rape of the virtuous matron Lucretia by Tarquin, son of the king of Rome,…
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Madonna con Bambino e i Santi Domenico e Giacinto (Virgin and Child with Saints Dominic and Hyacinth) 1730–1735 Oil on canvas, 274.3 × 137.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In this altarpiece, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo conceived the…