Parmigianino (1503-1540) Visione di san Girolamo (Vision of Saint Jerome) 1526–1527 Oil on poplar, 342.9 x 148.6 cm National Gallery, London This altarpiece is the greatest work that Parmigianino painted in Rome. It was commissioned by Maria Bufolina for a burial…
Parmigianino (1503-1540) Uomo che sospende la lettura (Portrait of a man with a book) 1525–1526 Oil on poplar, 67.5 × 53 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The stranger has paused while reading and now seems to be indulging in his own thoughts. His…
Parmigianino (1503-1540) Ritratto di un dignitario (Portrait of a dignitary) c.1535 Oil on poplar, 117.5 × 97.7 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The grandiose portrayal of the menacingly close man with his head turned to the side oscillates between violence and passivity, between…
Parmigianino (1503-1540) Ritratto di giovane donna (Portrait of a young lady) c.1530 Oil on poplar, 48.5 × 46.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) First Steps, after Millet 1890 Oil on canvas, 72.4 x 91.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In fall and winter 1889–90, while a voluntary patient at the asylum in Saint-Rémy, Van Gogh painted twenty-one copies after…
Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) Les Premiers pas (First Steps) c.1859–1866 Black chalk and pastel on wove paper, 29.5 x 45.9 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland At the time this drawing was made, many critics disparaged Millet‘s depictions of peasants as politically…
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) II mangiafagioli (The Bean Eater) 1584–1585 Oil on panel, 57 x 68 cm Galleria Colonna, Roma
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Autoritratto con altre figure (Self-Portrait with Other Figures) c.1593 Oil on canvas, 60 × 48 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Autoritratto col cappello a quattr’acque (Self-portrait with hat) 1593 Oil on canvas, 24 × 20 cm Galleria Nazionale, Parma
Magritte, René (1898-1967) Le thérapeute (The Healer) 1967 Bronze, 152.4 × 137.2 × 87.3 cm Menil Collection, Houston