Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Léopold Zborowski 1916–1919 Oil on canvas, 100 x 65 cm Museu de Arte, São Paulo Before moving to Paris in 1906, Modigliani studied in the academies of Florence and Venice, in Italy. In the French capital, he…
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Il giudizio di Paride (The Judgement of Paris) 1583 Pen and ink on paper, 36.6 x 47.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York On his father’s death in 1540, the young Alessandro Allori was adopted by Bronzino…
Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) The Bridge of Sighs c.1903–1904 Watercolor on paper, 25.4 x 35.6 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Sargent used multiple techniques to create light and highlights in this work. The most obvious is the application of white impasto…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Ritratto di giovane uomo (Portrait of a Young Man) c.1480 Tempera with oil glazes on panel, 26.7 x 21.3 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Signed center bottom on cartellino: “IOHANNES BELLINUS” Sitting in the occhio e mezzo (eye…
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Venice from the Giudecca 1840 Oil on canvas, 61 x 91.4 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London Object Type Before photography, oil painting was a primary way of recording views of ancient cities, and many artists…
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Scipione l’Africano libera Massiva (Scipio Africanus Freeing Massiva) 1719–1721 Oil on canvas, 279.4 x 487.6 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore See also: • Scipio Africanus, Publius Cornelius (236-183 BC)
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Madonna col Bambino (Virgin and Child) c.1720–1725 Oil on canvas, 64.3 x 48.3 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
Fontana, Lavinia (1552-1614) L’Annunciazione (The Annunciation) late 16th Century Oil on copper, 35.88 × 27.15 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) La Cour de l’Hermite dans le Colisée (The Hermit’s Court in the Colosseum) 1758 Red chalk on paper, 37 x 28.3 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown
Guercino (1591-1666) Studio per Il Martirio di San Bartolomeo (Study for “The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew”) c.1635–1636 Red chalk on cream laid paper, 37.6 x 28.5 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown