Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Portrait of Lord Donounghmore 1780–1790 Oil on canvas, 126 x 100 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The painting was purchased in London for 2,500 pounds by Ettore Modigliani in 1933 with the proceeds of the Mostra d’Arte…
Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) Village 1607 Oil on copper, 21 x 32 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano
Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780) Veduta di Villa Perabò poi Melzi a Gazzada (View of Villa Perabò later Villa Melzi at Gazzada) 1744 Oil on canvas, 64.5 x 98.5 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The two canvases were acquired for Brera from…
Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780) Veduta di Gazzada (View of Gazzada) 1744 Oil on canvas, 64.5 x 98.5 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The two canvases were acquired for Brera from the antique dealer Alessandro Brison and immediately became one of the…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Madonna con il Bambino (Madonna and Child) 1510 Oil on canvas, 85 x 115 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The Madonna and Child, dated 1510, is the latest of the works by Bellini in Brera. When he…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Pietà c.1460 Tempera on panel, 86 x 107 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The panel, dated to the years between 1465 and 1470, marks an evident emancipation of the artist from the influence of Andrea Mantegna, to…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Madonna adorante il Bambino che dorme (Madonna Adoring the Sleeping Child) early 1460s Tempera on wood, 72.4 x 46.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Asleep beneath the solemn gaze of his mother, the Christ Child’s…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) late 1480s Oil on wood, 88.9 x 71.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Separated from our everyday world by a parapet, the Madonna nonetheless draws the viewer in with…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) c.1470 Tempera, oil, and gold on wood, 54 x 40 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This early work by the Venetian painter, Giovanni Bellini, reveals the profound influence of…
Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Le jardinier (The Gardener) 1882–1883 Oil on wood, 15.9 x 24.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Although Seurat is best known for his scenes of urban life, many of his paintings of 1881–84 depict rural…