Rembrandt (1606-1669) Aristotle and Bust of Homer 1653 Oil on canvas, 143.5 x 136.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Among The Met’s most celebrated works of art, this painting conveys Rembrandt’s meditation on the meaning of fame. The richly…
(1599–1660) Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez The artist’s works: El almuerzo c.1617 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg La educación de la Virgen c.1617–1618 Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven Almuerzo de campesinos c.1618–1619 Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Bodegón 1618–1620 Art Institute of…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) La fragua de Vulcano (The Forge of Vulcan) 1630 Oil on canvas, 223 x 290 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid A figure suddenly appears on the left in a forge where various blacksmiths are working, dressed in…
(1641–1711) The artist’s works: Venus Presenting Weapons to Aeneas second half of 17th Century Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp The Institution of the Eucharist 1664–1665 Musée du Louvre, Paris Aeneas and the Sibyl c.1670 National Gallery of Art, Washington Hermes Ordering Calypso…
(fl.9th or 8th century BC) Ὅμηρος Works: • Ιλιάδα (Greek) ◊ L’Iliade (French) ◊ The Iliad (English) • Ομήρου Οδύσσεια Τόμος Α (Greek) • Ομήρου Οδύσσεια Τόμος Β (Greek) • Ομήρου Οδύσσεια Τόμος Γ (Greek) • Ομήρου Οδύσσεια Τόμος Δ (Greek) ◊ L’Odyssée (French) ◊ The Odyssey (English) Homer…
(1780–1867) The artist’s works: Statue dite “Bacchus Richelieu” 1793 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Autoportrait à l’âge de 24 ans 1804 Musée Condé, Chantilly Napoléon Bonaparte, Premier Consul 1804 Grand Curtius, Liège La Baigneuse de Valpinçon 1808 Musée du Louvre, Paris Oedipe…