Géricault, Théodore (1791-1824) Guerrier nu avec une lance (Nude Warrior with a Spear) c.1816 Oil on canvas, 93.6 x 75.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington At the age of nineteen, Théodore Gericault entered the Parisian studio of Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, a successful…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) The Crucifixion with the Converted Centurion 1536 Oil on panel, 50.8 x 34.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington An armored man on horseback looks up at the middle of three men hanging on rough-hewn wooden crosses…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) The Nymph of the Spring after 1537 Oil on panel, 48.4 x 72.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington The nymph reclines beside a spring, perhaps a reference to a legendary ancient Roman fountain with which a…
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Venere adornata dalle Grazie (Venus Adorned by the Graces) c.1590–1595 Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 133 x 170.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In the left half of this horizontal painting, a bare-chested, seated woman, Venus, is…
Bruegel, Pieter the Elder (c.1525-1569) The Bagpipe Player c.1562 Pen and brown ink on paper, 20.6 × 14.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Ercole e Anteo (Hercules and Antaeus) c.1570 Oil on canvas, 152.4 x 101.6 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Susanna e i vecchioni (Susanna and the Elders) c.1720 Oil on canvas, 66.7 x 54.3 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Guercino (1591-1666) Nudo con drappeggi (Nude with Drapery) s.d. Pencil on paper, 18.9 x 23.8 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Constable, John (1776-1837) Study of a Female Nude 1811 Black and white chalk on blue paper Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Ragazza danzante (Dancing Girl) s.d. Plaster, height 105.1 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford