Campin, Robert (c.1378-1444) Saint Barbara 1438 Oil on oak panel, 101 x 47 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Saint Barbara reads by the light of a fireplace in a richly appointed room. The key to her identity lies outside the window…
Saint Barbara (1438)
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Squelettes voulant se chauffer (1889)
Ensor, James (1860-1949) Squelettes voulant se chauffer (Skeletons Wanting to Warm Themselves) 1889 Oil on canvas, 74.8 x 60 cm Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth James Ensor was one of the most original painters of the late nineteenth century. Populated with…
La Dame en détresse (1882)
Ensor, James (1860-1949) La Dame en détresse (The Lady in Distress) 1882 Oil on canvas, 100.4 x 79.7 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris
L’après-midi à Ostende (1881)
Ensor, James (1860-1949) L’après-midi à Ostende (Afternoon in Ostend) 1881 Oil on canvas, 111 x 134.1 x 2.5 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp See also: • Ostend (Belgium)
Ritorno di Ulisse (c.1509)
Pinturicchio (c.1454-1513) Ritorno di Ulisse (Return of Ulysses/Penelope with the Suitors) c.1509 Fresco, detached and mounted on canvas, 125.5 x 152 cm National Gallery, London This picture, painted in fresco, was part of a series of eight which decorated the walls of…
Il rispetto (c.1575)
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Allegorie dell’amore: Il rispetto (Four Allegories of Love: Respect) c.1575 Oil on canvas, 186.1 x 194.3 cm National Gallery, London This is one of a series of four paintings by Veronese that concern the trials and rewards of love,…
Ritratto di uomo (c.1535)
Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Ritratto di uomo (Portrait of a Man, Mercurio Bua) c.1535 Oil on canvas, 118 x 105 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma The character, long believed to be a self-portrait of the artist, is depicted inside a closed environment, the…
Annunciazione (c.1435-1440)
Lippi, Filippo (1406-1469) Annunciazione (The Annunciation) c.1435–1440 Tempera on panel, 100 x 161 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Separated by a vertical, column-like partition, a woman to our right kneels opposite a winged angel to our left, who also kneels…
Madonna col Bambino e storie della vita di sant’Anna (c.1452-1453)
Lippi, Filippo (1406-1469) Madonna col Bambino e storie della vita di sant’Anna (Madonna with the Child and Scenes from the Life of St Anne) c.1452–1453 Tempera on panel, diameter 135 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze This painting, one of the most original…
Annunciazione (c.1423-1424)
Masolino da Panicale (c.1383-c.1440) Annunciazione (The Annunciation) c.1423–1424 Tempera on panel, 148.8 x 115.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Inscription: on the Virgin’s prayerbook: virgo / [c]oncipiet / [e]t p[a]ri[et] / fili[um et vocabitur nomen eius] em[m]anuel / butirum et…