Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Paolo and Francesca da Rimini 1855 Watercolour on paper, 25.4 cm x 44.9 cm Tate Britain, London Compare: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Paolo and Francesca da Rimini 1867 National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne See also: • Alighieri, Dante (1265-1321) | Francesca…
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Homère déifié, dit aussi L’apothéose d’Homère (Homer deified, also known as The Apotheosis of Homer) 1827 Oil on canvas, 386 x 512 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris In front of a temple with a pediment inscribed…
Correggio (c.1489-1534) Allegoria della Virtù (Allegory of Virtue) c.1531 Tempera on canvas, 14.2 × 85.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Companion: Correggio (c.1489-1534) Allegoria del Vizio c.1531 Musée du Louvre, Paris See also: • Isabella d’Este, Marchesa di Mantova (1474-1539)
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Orphée ramenant Eurydice des enfers (Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld) 1861 Oil on canvas, 112.7 x 137.2 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Flinck, Govert (1615-1660) Rembrandt as Shepherd with Staff and Flute 1636 Oil on canvas, 74.5 x 64 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Depictions of shepherds and shepherdesses were popular in the 17th century. They show an idyllic world, one full of simple pleasures. Busy…
Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711) Venus Presenting Weapons to Aeneas second half of 17th Century Oil on canvas, 161.8 x 165.8 cm Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Dante et Virgile (Dante and Virgil) 1850 Oil on canvas, 280.5 x 225.3 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Alighieri, Dante (1265-1321) | Vergilius Maro, Publius (70 BC-19 BC)
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Pallade e il Centauro (Pallas and the Centaur) c.1482 Tempera on canvas, 207 x 148 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Like Botticelli’s other paintings with a mythological subject, this work too, showing the young woman armed with a battle…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Ritratto di Dante (Portrait of Dante) c.1495 Tempera on canvas, 54.7 x 47.5 cm Private collection See also: • Alighieri, Dante (1265-1321)
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) La fragua de Vulcano (The Forge of Vulcan) 1630 Oil on canvas, 223 x 290 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid A figure suddenly appears on the left in a forge where various blacksmiths are working, dressed in…