Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Santi Andrea e Tommaso (Saints Andrew and Thomas) before 1627 Oil on canvas, 61.5 × 78.1 cm National Gallery, London Gian Lorenzo Bernini was one of the most successful sculptors and architects of seventeenth-century Rome. This image…
Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780) La fortezza di Königstein vista da Nord (The Fortress of Königstein from the North) 1756–1758 Oil on canvas, 132.1 × 236.2 cm National Gallery, London Sharp and angular, the Saxon fortress of Königstein, about 25 miles southeast of…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Femme en chemise assise (Seated Woman in a Chemise) 1923 Oil on canvas, 92.1 × 73 cm Tate Britain, London
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Femme nue dans un fauteuil rouge (Nude Woman in a Red Armchair) 1932 Oil on canvas, 129.9 × 97.2 cm Tate Britain, London Compare: Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Le fauteuil rouge 1931 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago See also: • Walter,…
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) A Priestess of Apollo 1888 Oil on canvas, 34.9 x 29.8 cm Tate Britain, London
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Bodegón (Kitchen Scene) 1618–1620 Oil on canvas, 55.9 × 104.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In this modest kitchen scene, a type known as a bodegón (from the Spanish for pantry), Diego Velázquez depicted a young African…
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Tarquinio e Lucrezia (Tarquin and Lucretia) 1578–1580 Oil on canvas, 175 × 151.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago According to Roman history, the rape of the virtuous matron Lucretia by Tarquin, son of the king of Rome,…
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Madonna con Bambino e i Santi Domenico e Giacinto (Virgin and Child with Saints Dominic and Hyacinth) 1730–1735 Oil on canvas, 274.3 × 137.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In this altarpiece, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo conceived the…
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) The Holy Family with Saints Elizabeth and John the Baptist c.1615 Oil on panel, 114.5 × 91.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago With this work, Peter Paul Rubens presented a distinctly human take on the figures of…
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Saint Francis c.1615 Oil on panel, 99 × 78.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago The Franciscans were among the reformed religious orders whose preaching and teaching activities helped revive the Roman Catholic Church in the Southern…