Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Arm of Eve 1507 Point of brush and gray and black wash, brush and gray and black wash, heightened with white gouache, 34.4 x 26.7 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland The blue paper that Dürer used to…
Carriera, Rosalba (1675-1757) Una donna che si mette dei fiori nei capelli (A Woman Putting Flowers in Her Hair) c.1710 Watercolor on ivory in a tortoiseshell pique-point frame, 8.6 x 10.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Scholars generally agree that…
Botticini, Francesco (1446-1498) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) c.1475–1480 Tempera on poplar panel, 64.6 x 45 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Francesco di Giovanni Botticini came from a family of painters. His father, Giovanni di Domenico, and his son,…
Botticini, Francesco (1446-1498) Madonna col Bambino, Tobia e Raffaele Arcangelo (Madonna and Child with Tobias and Raphael the Archangel) c.1470 Tempera on poplar panel, 96.7 x 59 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) Incoronazione della Vergine (Coronation of the Virgin) 1420s Tempera and gold on wood panel, 27 x 37.2 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Since its acquisition in 1944 the authorship of this painting has been updated from the…
Severini, Gino (1883-1966) Train de banlieue arrivant à Paris (Suburban Train Arriving in Paris) 1915 Oil on canvas, 88.6 x 115.6 cm Tate Britain, London This painting of a train arriving in Paris attempts to express movement and conflicting energies through…
Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Paysage avec un homme tué par un serpent (Landscape with a Man killed by a Snake) probably 1648 Oil on canvas, 118.2 x 197.8 cm National Gallery, London A man has been crushed by a snake and lies…
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) The Chancel of Petworth Church: A Copy of Michelangelo’s ‘Pieta’ 1827 Gouache and watercolour on paper, 14.2 x 19.4 cm Tate Britain, London Compare: Michelangelo (1475-1564) Pietà 1498–1499 San Pietro, Vaticano See also: • Michelangelo…
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Busto del Duca Francesco I d’Este (Bust of Duke Francesco I d’Este) 1650–1651 Marble, 80 x 106 x 50 cm Galleria Estense, Modena In this famous marble, the effigy of Francis I stands out as a manifesto of…