Tag: head

Giuditta con la sua ancella (c.1623-1625)

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…

Testa d’uomo di profilo (c.1588-1895)

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…

Judith with the head of Holofernes (c.1530)

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…

Head of Medusa (c.1613)

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…

Teste da un cammeo (1700s)

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

Études (c.1817-1820)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Études (Studies of a Head of a Man, Hands of Saint John for Christ Offering Saint Peter the Keys to Paradise, and Hooded Capuchin monk) c.1817–1820 Oil on canvas, 45.1 x 32.4 cm Rhode Island…

Cabeza (c.1930)

Siqueiros, David Alfaro (1896-1974) Cabeza (Head) c.1930 Oil on board, 55.6 x 44.5 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence