Giotto (c.1267-1337) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) c.1310–1315 Tempera on poplar panel, 85.4 × 61.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A woman with pale skin holds a baby in the crook of her left arm, on our right, against…
Giotto (c.1267-1337) San Francesco riceve le stimmate (St. Francis receiving the stigmata) c.1300–1325 Tempera and gold on poplar, 313 x 163 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Signature: OPUS IOCTI FLORENTINI (“Work of Florentine Giotto”). At the predella: The dream of Innocent…
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Le Martyre de saint Symphorien (The Martyrdom of Saint Symphorien) 1865 Oil on canvas, 36.7 x 31.6 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Les Enfants au verger, L’Automne (Children in an Orchard, Autumn) 1871 Oil on cardboard, 35.6 × 27.9 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit
Parmigianino (1503-1540) Visione di san Girolamo (Vision of Saint Jerome) 1526–1527 Oil on poplar, 342.9 x 148.6 cm National Gallery, London This altarpiece is the greatest work that Parmigianino painted in Rome. It was commissioned by Maria Bufolina for a burial…
Correggio (c.1489-1534) Giove e Io (Jupiter and Io) c.1530 Oil on canvas, 162 × 73.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Jupiter fell in love with Io, the beautiful daughter of the river god. The shy nymph wanted to flee, but the god…
Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) The Return of the Dove to the Ark 1851 Oil on canvas, 88.2 x 54.9 cm Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) Mariana 1851 Oil on mahogany, 59.7 x 49.5 cm Tate Britain, London When it was first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1851, this picture was accompanied by the following lines from Tennyson‘s Mariana (1830): She only said,…
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Fair Rosamund 1861 Oil on canvas, 51.9 x 41.7 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff Fair Rosamund (d.c.1176) was the mistress of Henry II. She appears here behind a balustrade in the royal manor of Woodstock. The red…
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Proserpine (Proserpina) 1882 Oil on canvas, 78.7 cm × 39.2 cm Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham Compare: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Proserpine 1874 Tate Britain, London Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Proserpine 1878 Private collection See also:…