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The Doom Fulfilled (1888)

Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) The Doom Fulfilled 1888 Oil on canvas, 155 x 140.5 cm Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart Study: Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) Perseus and Andromeda 1875 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago     This picture, like other members of the series, draws upon…

Cupid’s Hunting Fields (1885)

Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) Cupid’s Hunting Fields 1885 Gouache, with watercolor and gold and silver paints on ivory wove paper, laid down on linen canvas, 99.5 x 76.9 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

The Love Song (1868-1877)

Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) The Love Song 1868–1877 Oil on canvas, 114.3 x 155.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Burne-Jones associated this painting with a refrain from a French folk ballad: “Alas, I know a love song, / Sad or…

La mort de Socrate (after 1787)

David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825) & Studio La mort de Socrate (The Death of Socrates) after 1787 Oil on canvas, 133 x 196 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton David depicts Socrates about to drink hemlock rather than endure exile after being convicted…

Madonna col Bambino (s.d.)

Brunelleschi, Filippo (1377-1446) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) s.d. Polychromed terracotta, 79 × 72.7 × 22.5 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Attributed to Filippo Brunelleschi.

Nudo maschile seduto (c.1618-1624)

Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Nudo maschile seduto (Seated Male Nude) c.1618–1624 Red chalk heightened with white chalk on buff laid paper, 42.2 × 27.2 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Bernini’s graphic oeuvre, which largely consists of quick sketches for sculptural…

San Girolamo penitente (1419-1420)

Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) San Girolamo penitente (The Penitent Saint Jerome) 1419–1420 Tempera on wood panel, 56.5 x 41.2 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Although some scholars attribute this painting to the Florentine artists Masolino, Masaccio, and Giovanni Toscani, most favor the…

San Girolamo penitente (1606)

Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) San Girolamo penitente (The Penitent Saint Jerome) 1606 Oil on wood panel, 52.7 x 41.6 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton While in the Syrian desert (A.D. 374–379), Jerome was tempted by Satan (the monster in the crevice…

Deux prostituées (c.1885)

Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) Deux prostituées (Two Prostitutes) c.1885 Pencil and watercolour on card, 47.6 x 27.5 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff