Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Danae c.1554 Oil on canvas, 120 x 187 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Danaë is one of five paintings that the master produced on the subject of the popular Greek myth. An oracle told King Acrisius that he…
Danae (c.1554)
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Danae (after 1554-K)
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Danae after 1554 Oil on canvas, 135 x 152 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Akrisios, king of Argos, had his daughter locked in a tower because an oracle had prophesied that a grandson would kill him. Nevertheless, Jupiter became…
Salomè con la testa del Battista (1515)
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Salomè con la testa del Battista (Salome with the Head of John the Baptist) 1515 Oil on canvas, 90 x 72 cm Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Roma This early masterpiece by Titian, which illustrates the terrible biblical episode in a dark…
San Giorgio e il drago (c.1506)
Raffaello (1483-1520) San Giorgio e il drago (Saint George and the Dragon) c.1506 Oil on panel, 28.5 x 21.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Raphael was born in Urbino, a central Italian duchy noted for its elegant gentility and Renaissance scholarship.…
San Giorgio e il drago (1503-1505)
Raffaello (1483-1520) San Giorgio e il drago (Saint George and the Dragon) c.1503–1505 Oil on poplar, 29.4 x 25.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Le Déjeuner dans l’atelier (1868)
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Déjeuner dans l’atelier (Luncheon in the Studio) 1868 Oil on canvas, 118.3 x 154 cm Neue Pinakothek, Munich The title of the painting, “Le déjeuner dans l’atelier”, distracts from the fact that this is a portrait of…
Las Meninas (1656)
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Las Meninas, o La familia de Felipe IV (Las meninas or The Family of Philip IV) 1656 Oil on canvas, 320.5 x 281.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This is one of Velázquez‘s largest paintings and among…
Venere di Urbino (1538)
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Venere di Urbino (Venus of Urbino) 1538 Oil on canvas, 119 x 165 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze This is one of Titian’s most famous works and it depicts the emblematic figure of a young bride about to be dressed…
The Milkmaid (c.1660)
Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) The Milkmaid (Het melkmeisje) c.1660 Oil on canvas, 45.5 x 41 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam A maidservant pours milk, entirely absorbed in her work. Except for the stream of milk, everything else is still. Vermeer took this simple everyday…
The Love Letter (c.1669-1670)
Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) The Love Letter (De liefdesbrief) c.1669–1670 Oil on canvas, 44 x 38.5 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Vermeer chose an unusual vantage point for this painting. From a dim space in the foreground, a glimpse is afforded of another room…