David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825) Sapho, Phaon et l’Amour (Sappho, Phaon and Cupid) 1809 Oil on canvas, 225.3 x 262 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg David is considered the founder and leading light of Neoclassicism, which dominated art in the late 18th and…
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Parnaso (Parnassus) 4th quarter of the 15th century Tempera on canvas, 159 x 192 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Commandé durant l’hiver 1496-1497 par Isabelle d’Este, marquise de Mantoue (1474-1539) pour la décoration de son premier studiolo au Castello…
Cocteau, Jean (1889-1963) Festival de musique de Menton (Menton Music Festival) 1956 Color lithograph Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland See also: • Menton (France)
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) Poetry 1879 Oil on wood panel National Museum Wales, Cardiff Pair: Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) Prose 1879 National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Apollo dormiente con le Muse che si disperdono e la Fama in fuga (Sleeping Apollo with the Muses Dispersing and Fame Fleeing) c.1549 Oil on canvas, 44.5 × 74 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Carriera, Rosalba (1675-1757) Apollo 1740–1746 Pastel on blue paper, 67 x 52 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Pair: Carriera, Rosalba (1675-1757) Diana 1740–1746 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Le compositeur Cherubini et la Muse de la poésie lyrique (The composer Cherubini and the Muse of lyric poetry) 1842 Oil on canvas, 105 x 94 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Compare: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Luigi…
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Homère déifié, dit aussi L’apothéose d’Homère (Homer deified, also known as The Apotheosis of Homer) 1827 Oil on canvas, 386 x 512 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Studies: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Étude pour Phidias dans…
Correggio (c.1489-1534) Allegoria della Virtù (Allegory of Virtue) c.1531 Tempera on canvas, 142 × 85.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Companion: Correggio (c.1489-1534) Allegoria del Vizio c.1531 Musée du Louvre, Paris See also: • Isabella d’Este, Marchesa di Mantova (1474-1539)
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Orphée ramenant Eurydice des enfers (Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld) 1861 Oil on canvas, 112.7 x 137.2 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Houston