Guercino (1591-1666) Martirio di santa Caterina (Martyrdom of St Catherine) 1653 Oil on canvas, 222.5 x 159 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Martirio di santa Caterina (1653)
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Agar e Ismaele nel deserto confortati dall’angelo (1652-1653)
Guercino (1591-1666) Agar e Ismaele nel deserto confortati dall’angelo (The Angel appears to Hagar and Ishmael) 1652–1653 Oil on canvas, 193 x 229 cm National Gallery, London The story of Hagar and Ishmael is told in the Old Testament (Genesis…
Elia nutrito dai corvi (1620)
Guercino (1591-1666) Elia nutrito dai corvi (Elijah fed by Ravens) 1620 Oil on canvas, 195 x 156.5 cm National Gallery, London The monumental figure in this painting is Elijah, an Old Testament prophet who lived in the northern kingdom of…
Amor virtuoso (c.1653)
Guercino (1591-1666) Amor virtuoso (Cupid Spurning Riches) c.1653 Oil on canvas, 99 x 75 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The papal nuncio to Spain, Camillo Massimo (1620–1677), presented Guercino’s Cupid spurning Riches and Guido Reni’s Cupid with a Bow (P150)…
Visione di sant’Agostino (1636)
Guercino (1591-1666) Visione di sant’Agostino (Saint Augustine meditating on the Trinity) 1636 Oil on canvas, 185 x 166 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid According to this saint’s story, he was walking along the seaside meditating about the mystery of the…
Le Puits Noir (c.1864)
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Le Puits Noir (A Brook at Le puits noir, near Ornans) c.1864 Oil on canvas, 55 x 89 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA
Parahi te marae (c. 1892)
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Parahi te marae (There Is the Temple) c.1892 Watercolor over graphite on Japanese paper, 18.5 x 22.9 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA Compare: Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Parahi Te Marae 1892 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia See…
Ia Orana Maria (1891)
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary) 1891 Oil on canvas, 113.7 x 87.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Before embarking on a series of pictures inspired by Polynesian religious beliefs, Gauguin devoted this, his first major Tahitian…
The Boating Party (1893-1894)
Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) The Boating Party 1893–1894 Oil on canvas, 90 x 117.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington We look slightly down into a lime-green and white rowboat carrying a woman holding a baby and a man in this…
Capriccio con colonna (c.1754)
Canaletto (1697-1768) Capriccio con colonna (English Landscape Capriccio with a Column) c.1754 Oil on canvas, 134 x 106.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington We look slightly down across a sun-drenched plaza with people scattered among ruins, buildings, and around…