De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) Daughters of the Mist 1900–1919 Oil on canvas, 119.4 x 101 cm De Morgan Collection These Daughters of the Mist may be connected to Hans Christian Andersen’s story of the Little Mermaid. She kills herself for life,…
De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) The Angel of Death I 1880 Oil on canvas, 93 x 112.8 cm De Morgan Collection The theme of death was an increasingly common theme in Evelyn‘s oeuvre as time went by. The Angel of Death…
Lorenzo di Credi (c.1459-1537) Madonna che adora il Bambino (Madonna Adoring the Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and an Angel) early 1490s Tempera on wood, diameter 91.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York An angel introduces the infant…
Lippi, Filippino (1457-1504) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) c.1483–1484 Tempera, oil, and gold on wood, 81.3 x 59.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The Madonna and Child are shown in a contemporary Florentine palace. Through the window is…
Guérard-Gonzalès, Jeanne (1852-1924) Portrait de Eva Gonzalès à Dieppe (Portrait of Eva Gonzalès in Dieppe) c.1880 Oil on canvas, 46 x 38 cm Private collection Born to an artistic and literary family, Jeanne Guérard-Gonzalès was the daughter of Emmanuel Gonzalès,…
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…
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) An Egyptian in a Doorway 1865 Oil on wood, 55.9 x 39.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In the mid-1860s, Alma-Tadema painted a number of subjects set in ancient Egypt, in which convincing archaeological precision and uncanny…
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Les murmures de l’Amour (Whisperings of Love) 1889 Oil on canvas, 203.2 x 138.43 x 17.78 cm New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Cristo benedicente (Christ Blessing) c.1510 Oil on masonite, 58.1 x 46.51 cm New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans Christ holds his crystal orb, representing the celestial and earthly sphere over which he is the savior, in Latin the…
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Sacra Conversazione (Holy Conversation) c.1560–1570 Oil on canvas, 122.87 x 148.91 x 8.89 cm New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans