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The Allegory of Constancy (c.1685)

Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711) The Allegory of Constancy c.1685 Oil on canvas, 126 x 123 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest The painter and significant art theorist was greatly influenced by the French neoclassicists, which later earned him the nickname of…

Flagellazione di Cristo (c.1641-1644)

Guercino (1591-1666) Flagellazione di Cristo (The Flagellation of Christ) c.1641–1644 Oil on canvas, 351 x 176.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Giovanni Francesco Barbieri eked out his first fifty years in his native town, day after day waiting for the death…

La Anunciación (c.1600)

El Greco (1541-1614) La Anunciación (The Annunciation) c.1600 Oil on canvas, 91 × 66.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest In the picture of the Prado treating the same subject and painted in Venice, El Greco placed the Annunciation scene in a…

El Afilador (c.1808-1812)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) El Afilador (The Knife-Grinder) c.1808–1812 Oil on canvas, 68 × 50.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Pair: Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) La Aguadora c.1808–1812 Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest    

La Aguadora (c.1808-1812)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) La Aguadora (The Water Carrier) c.1808–1812 Oil on canvas, 68 × 50.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Whether Goya was the last great old master or the first modern genius is a spurious dilemma: he did not…

Prometeo (c.1660)

Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Prometeo (Prometheus) c.1660 Oil on canvas, 186 × 132 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest