Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) San Giovanni Battista (Saint John the Baptist) c.1517 Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 71 x 50 cm Worcester Art Museum, Worcester Compare: Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) San Giovanni Battista c.1523 Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze
Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) L’Astronomo (The Astronomer) 1638 Oil on canvas, 78.4 x 97.8 cm Worcester Art Museum, Worcester
Boucher, François (1703-1770) La Toilette de Vénus (The Toilette of Venus) 1751 Oil on canvas, 108.3 x 85.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Boucher executed this painting for Madame de Pompadour, the powerful, official mistress of Louis XV and…
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Santa Rosa de Viterbo (Saint Rosa of Viterbo) c.1650 Oil on canvas, 83.3 x 64.1 cm Worcester Art Museum, Worcester
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Fray Miguel Fernández Flores (Friar Miguel Fernández Flores) 1815 Oil on canvas, 100.2 x 84.1 cm Worcester Art Museum, Worcester See also: • Fernández Flores, Miguel (1764-1822)
Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) Frans Post c.1655 Oil on panel, 27.5 x 23 cm Worcester Art Museum, Worcester Hals is best known for the life-like quality he gave to his subjects through innovative composition and spirited brushwork. The subject of this portrait is…
El Greco (1541-1614) Magdalena penitente (Penitent Magdalene) c.1577 Oil on canvas, 108 x 101.3 cm Worcester Art Museum, Worcester Compare: El Greco (1541-1614) Magdalena penitente c.1576–1577 Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Te Faaturuma (The Brooding Woman) 1891 Oil on canvas, 91.1 x 68.7 cm Worcester Art Museum, Worcester
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) Le Savoyard et la Marmotte (Savoyard with a Marmot) 1716 Oil on canvas, 40.5 × 32.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Antoine Watteau was one of the most brilliant artists of the early 18th century. His work gave rise…
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) La Sainte Famille, Le Repos pendant la fuite en Égypte (Holy Family, The Rest on the Flight into Egypt) 1719 Oil on canvas, 117 × 98 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg