Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Land of Milk and Honey 1567 Oil on oak, 51.5 x 78.3 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich The theme broached here is human wrongdoing that includes idleness and gluttony. It pervades all social classes, as shown…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Ragazzo che monda un frutto (Boy peeling a fruit) 1592–1593 Oil on canvas, 75.5 x 64.4 cm Fondazione Roberto Longhi, Villa Il Tasso, Firenze
Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Mauresque (Woman in a Moorish Costume) 1869 Oil on canvas, 99.7 x 59 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena Lise Tréhot, Renoir’s first mistress, model, and muse, is here depicted with quiet eroticism by that artist’s friend and colleague, Bazille.…
Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678) Marriage of Peleus and Thetis 1636–1638 Oil on canvas, 181 x 288 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid As with the Rape of Hippodamia (P01658), this marriage scene was commissioned from Rubens as part of the mythological cycle drawn from…