Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) La gara tra Apollo e Marsia (The Contest between Apollo and Marsyas) c.1545 Oil on canvas, 139.7 x 240 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
La gara tra Apollo e Marsia (c.1545)
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Our Lady of Peace (1907)
De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) Our Lady of Peace 1907 Oil on canvas, 195.2 x 100.2 cm De Morgan Collection This painting is in response to the Boer war. In Our Lady of Peace we see a Christian knight, who is about…
Venere e Cupido (1520s)
Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Venere e Cupido (Venus and Cupid) 1520s Oil on canvas, 92.4 x 111.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In his inimitable fashion, in this unique masterpiece Lorenzo Lotto takes one of the most popular subjects of Venetian…
Sei poeti toscani (1543-1544)
Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) Sei poeti toscani (Six Tuscan Poets) 1543–1544 Oil on panel, 132.1 x 131.1 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis See also: This group portrait of six distinguished Tuscan poets and writers celebrates the golden age of Italian…
Sappho and Alcaeus (1881)
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) Sappho and Alcaeus 1881 Oil on panel, 66 × 122 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore See also: • Alcaeus (c.620 BC-c.580 BC) | Sappho (7th-6th century BC)
The Roses of Heliogabalus (1888)
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) The Roses of Heliogabalus 1888 Oil on canvas, 132.7 × 214.4 cm Private collection
Bacchus and Venus (17th century)
Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678) Bacchus and Venus 17th Century Oil on canvas, 81.3 x 115.3 cm Worcester Art Museum, Worcester
Musa (c.1725)
Carriera, Rosalba (1675-1757) Musa (A Muse) c.1725 Pastel on laid blue paper, 31 × 26 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles This alluring muse gracefully turns her head to the left, exposing a seductive neck and tender pink earlobe. Transparent gauze covers…
Apollo (1740-1746)
Carriera, Rosalba (1675-1757) Apollo 1740–1746 Pastel on blue paper, 67 x 52 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Pair: Carriera, Rosalba (1675-1757) Diana 1740–1746 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Venere allo specchio (c.1555)
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Venere allo specchio (Venus with a Mirror) c.1555 Oil on canvas, 124.5 x 105.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Titian’s goddess of love and beauty conjures the sense of touch. Observing her flushed cheek, one can almost feel its…