Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Étude pour Phidias dans L’Apothéose d’Homère (Study for Phidias in the Apotheosis of Homer) 1827 Oil on canvas mounted on panel, 32.39 cm x 35.56 cm San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego Compare: Ingres, Jean Auguste…
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Tête de la Grande Odalisque (Head of the Grande Odalisque) 19th Century Oil on canvas, diameter 44 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts, Cambrai Compare: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) La grande odalisque 1814 Musée du Louvre, Paris…
Gentileschi, Artemisia (1593-c.1653) Giuditta e la sua ancella (Judith and Her Maidservant) c.1618–1619 Oil on canvas, 114 × 93.5 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze
Gentileschi, Artemisia (1593-c.1653) Giuditta con la sua ancella (Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes) c.1623–1625 Oil on canvas, 187.2 × 142 × 3.3 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit This impressive composition was made by Artemisia Gentileschi, the…
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Studio di testa di un giovane uomo (Study Head of a Young Man) 1587–1588 Oil on canvas, 35.5 × 26.5 cm Private collection
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Ritratto di una giovane ragazza (Portrait of a Young Girl) c.1589–1590 Oil on paper, laid down on canvas, 37.5 x 27.5 cm Private collection
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Testa d’uomo di profilo (Head of a Man in Profile) c.1588–1595 Oil on canvas, 44.8 x 32.1 cm Royal Collection, Windsor Castle This vivid head is precisely the type of study from everyday life practised so passionately by…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Judith with the head of Holofernes c.1530 Oil on lime, 87.7 × 58.1 × 2.4 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Through courage and cunning, the Old Testament heroine had succeeded in penetrating Holofernes’ tent camp, which had…
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Head of Medusa c.1613 Oil on canvas, 68.5 × 118 × 2 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Perseus cunningly killed the snake-haired Medusa, who had petrified man and animal with her gaze (Ovid, Metamorphoses). The blood dripping from…
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Teste da un cammeo (Heads from a Cameo) 1700s Oil on canvas, 23.5 x 18.3 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence