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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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 (1544)
Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) Sei poeti toscani (Six Tuscan Poets) 1544 Oil on panel, 132.08 x 131.13 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis See also: • Alighieri, Dante (1265-1321) | Boccaccio, Giovanni (1313-1375) | Cavalcanti, Guido (c.1255-1300) | Petrarca, Francesco (1304-1374)
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
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…
Coriolano convinto dalla sua famiglia a risparmiare Roma (c.1509)
Signorelli, Luca (c.1445-1523) Coriolano convinto dalla sua famiglia a risparmiare Roma (Coriolanus persuaded by his Family to spare Rome) c.1509 Fresco, detached and mounted on canvas, 125.7 x 125.7 cm National Gallery, London This picture, painted in fresco, was part of a…