Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) La Mort de Sardanapale, esquisse (The Death of Sardanapalus, sketch) 1826–1827 Oil on canvas, 81 × 100 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Compare: Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) La mort de Sardanapale 1844 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Mort…
Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) La Destruction du temple de Jérusalem (The destruction of the Temple at Jerusalem) 1635 Oil on canvas, 147 × 198 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The material is taken from Flavius Josephus’ Jewish War. Titus, the son of the…
Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678) The Meeting of Odysseus and Nausicaa c.1630–1640 Oil on canvas, 117.5 x 194 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Jordaens was one of the most renowned and versatile Antwerp painters. Here he illustrates an episode from Homer’s Odyssey. Odysseus, naked and…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Paysage avec un cheval mort (Landscape with a Dead Horse) 2nd half of the 1850s Oil on canvas, 45 x 56 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Its subject marked by the influence of Romanticism is full of mystery.…
Brueghel, Pieter the Younger (1564-1638) Adoration of the Magi 2nd half of the 16th century Oil on canvas, 36 x 56 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Peter Brueghel the Younger based this painting on a work by his father, the great…
Blake, William (1757-1827) God Judging Adam 1795 Relief etching, ink and watercolour on paper, 43.2 x 53.5 cm Tate Britain, London This is a hand-finished relief etching, printed on paper from a copper plate. The broken texture visible along the light grey…
Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899) Étude de cheval bai (Study of a Bay Horse) s.d. Oil on canvas, 42 x 34 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Redon, Odilon (1840-1916) Saint Georges et le dragon (Saint George and the Dragon) c.1909–1910 Oil on paperboard, 53.3 x 67.9 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia According to Christian legend, Saint George, a Roman soldier, heroically killed a dragon that was terrorizing a…
Van der Weyden, Rogier (c.1399-1464) St. Catherine c.1430–1432 or c.1451 Oil on oak panel, 18.5 x 11.8 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Right wing of a diptych. Left wing: Van der Weyden, Rogier (c.1399-1464) Madonna and Child c.1430–1432 or c.1451 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna…
Michelangelo (1475-1564) Disegno per una statua equestre di Enrico II di Francia (Design for an Equestrian Statue of Henry II of France) 1559–1564 Chalk on paper, 13 x 12 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam In 1559 Catherine of Medici commissioned Michelangelo to create…