Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711) Hercules between Vice and Virtue c.1685 Oil on canvas, 112 x 181 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The theme comes from the famous apologue of Prodicas, transmitted by Xenophon (Memorabilia, II, 1, 21-34), often represented by painters…
Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711) Abraham receiving the three angels of the Lord c.1680–1685 Oil on canvas, 120 x 164 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Episode taken from the Bible (Genesis, XVIII, 6-15). In the background, Sarah, Abraham’s old wife, who will…
Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711) The Institution of the Eucharist 1664–1665 Oil on canvas, 137 x 155 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Dated quite early in the artist’s work, around 1664–1665. – Another reduced version at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (Roy, no P 10).…
Guercino (1591-1666) Resurrezione di Lazzaro (Raising of Lazarus) c.1619 Oil on canvas, 201 x 233 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Guercino (1591-1666) La vergine con san Pietro piangente (St Peter Weeping before the Virgin) 1647 Oil on canvas, 122 x 159 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Guercino (1591-1666) Madonna coi santi protettori di Modena (Virgin and Child with Four Saints) 1651 Oil on canvas, 332 x 230 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris See also: • Modena (Italia)
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Giovane introdotto fra le Arti Liberali (A Youth Presented to the Liberal Arts) c.1483–1485 Fresco, 237 x 269 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Venere e le tre Grazie offrono doni a una giovane (Venus and the Three Graces Offering Gifts to a Young Lady) c.1483–1485 Fresco, 211 x 283 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris See also: • Albizzi, Giovanna degli (1468-1488)
Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Ritratto d’uomo, Il Condottiere (Portrait of a Man (Giorgio Corner (1454-1527)?), known as The Condottiere) 1475 Oil on poplar, 36.2 x 30 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Inscription: S.D.m.b. on the cartellino: 1475 / Antonellus messaneus me…
Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Cristo alla colonna (Christ at the Column) c.1476–1478 Oil on wood, 30 x 21 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris