Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) La mort de Germanicus (The Death of Germanicus) 1627 Oil on canvas, 148 x 198.1 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis The young Roman general Germanicus has just been poisoned by his jealous adoptive father, the emperor…
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) The Education of the Children of Clovis (School of Vengeance or Training of Clotilde’s Sons) 1861 Oil on canvas, 127 × 176.8 cm Private collection
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Macbeth, paysage (Macbeth, Landscape) 1858–1859 Oil on canvas, 111 x 135.7 cm Wallace Collection, London See also: • Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Workshop The Resurrection (Calvary Triptych, right shutter) 1480s Oil on oak, 56.2-57.8 × 28 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Calvary Triptych (1480s) Central panel: Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Calvary 1480s Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Exterior: Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494)…
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…
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Course de chariots (Chariot Race) 1876 Oil on cradled panel, 86.3 × 156 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Jean-Léon Gérôme claimed that he based this almost cinematic depiction of a chariot race at the Circus Maximus stadium in…
Ensor, James (1860-1949) Triomphe romain (Roman Triumph) 1889 Etching on paper, 28.3 x 39.8 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Jacopo Pesaro presentato a san Pietro da papa Alessandro VI (Pope Alexander VI Borgia Presenting Jacopo Pesaro to Saint Peter) 1506–1510 Oil on canvas, 145 × 185 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp See also: • Borgia, Rodrigo (1431-1503), Pope Alexander…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Madonna col Bambino tra i santi Paolo e Giorgio (Madonna and Child with Saint Paul and Saint George) c.1490 Oil on panel, 65 x 88 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Allegoria della battaglia di Lepanto (Allegory of the Battle of Lepanto) 1571 Oil on canvas, 170 x 137 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia