Moore, Henry (1898-1986) Reclining Nude 1950 Bronze, 20.3 x 44.8 x 12.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Reclining Nude (1950)
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Betsabea (c.1636-1637)
Gentileschi, Artemisia (1593-c.1653) Betsabea (Bathsheba) c.1636–1637 Oil on canvas, 265.4 x 209.5 cm Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus
Love’s Passing (1883-1884)
De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) Love’s Passing 1883–1884 Oil on canvas, 71.7 x 109.8 cm De Morgan Collection The open book shows a passage from Latin poet Tibullus‘s ‘Elegy‘, where the writer imagines dying in his lover’s arms and considers her grief…
The Dryad (1884-1885)
De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) The Dryad 1884–1885 Oil on panel, 128.6 x 67.4 cm De Morgan Collection
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…
La mort de Socrate (1787)
David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825) La mort de Socrate (The Death of Socrates) 1787 Oil on canvas, 129.5 x 196.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In this landmark of Neoclassical painting from the years immediately preceding the French Revolution, David took up…
Meditazione sulla passione (c.1490)
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Meditazione sulla passione (The Meditation on the Passion) c.1490 Oil and tempera on wood, 66.5 × 84.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This remarkable picture is a meditation on death and resurrection. Christ’s dead body is displayed…
Naissance de Vénus (c.1912)
Redon, Odilon (1840-1916) Naissance de Vénus (Birth of Venus) c.1912 Pastel on paper mounted on cardboard, 82 x 62 cm Petit Palais, Paris
La mort de Sénèque (1773)
David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825) La mort de Sénèque (The Death of Seneca) 1773 Oil on canvas, 123 x 160 cm Petit Palais, Paris See also: • Seneca, Lucius Annaeus minor (4 BC-65 AD)
Le Massacre des Innocents (1626-1627)
Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Le Massacre des Innocents (The Massacre of the Innocents) 1626–1627 Oil on canvas, 97 x 131.7 cm Petit Palais, Paris