Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780) Piazza San Marco, Venezia (Piazza San Marco, Venice) c.1740 Oil on canvas, 136.2 x 232.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland This view of the Piazza San Marco, Venice shows Bellotto‘s devotion to faithful observation. At the left…
Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) I primi frutti della terra offerti a Saturno (The First Fruits of the Earth Offered to Saturn) 1555–1556 Pen, ink and chalk, 17.2 x 39.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The drawing, surely from the hand…
The Swimming Pool Director: Jacques Deray Producer: Gérard Beytout Screenplay: Jacques Deray, Jean-Claude Carrière Based on: La piscine by Jean-Emmanuel Conil under the pseudonym Alain Page Genre: Crime | Drama | Psychological | Romantic | Thriller Music: Michel Legrand Country: France |…
Michelangelo (1475-1564) Studi per la Sibilla libica, recto (Studies for the Libyan Sibyl, recto) c.1510–1511 Chalk, 28.9 × 21.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Verso: Michelangelo (1475-1564) Studi per la Sibilla libica, verso c.1510–1511 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York…
Michelangelo (1475-1564) Studi per la Sibilla libica, verso (Studies for the Libyan Sibyl and a small Sketch for a Seated Figure, verso) c.1510–1511 Chalk, 28.9 × 21.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Recto: Michelangelo (1475-1564) Studi per la Sibilla…
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Baccanale con un tino di vino (Bacchanal with a Wine Vat) before 1475 Engraving and drypoint, 29.9 x 43.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Throughout his life, Mantegna was fascinated with classical antiquity. In the middle…
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Madonna col Bambino tra serafini e cherubini (Madonna and Child with Seraphim and Cherubim) c.1454 Tempera and gold on wood, 44.1 x 28.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The composition of this touching image, which may…
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) La Sacra Famiglia con Santa Maria Maddalena (The Holy Family with Saint Mary Magdalen) c.1495–1500 Distemper on canvas, 57.2 x 45.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The composition of this late picture by Mantegna was inspired…
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) L’Adorazione dei pastori (The Adoration of the Shepherds) shortly after 1450 Tempera on canvas, transferred from wood, 40 x 55.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Painted when the artist was probably in his early twenties, the…
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) La testa della Vergine di tre quarti rivolta a destra (The Head of the Virgin in Three-Quarter View Facing Right) 1510–1513 Black, red and white chalk and charcoal, 20.3 x 15.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York…