De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978) Il poeta e la sua musa (The Poet and His Muse) c.1925 Oil and tempera on canvas, 91.1 x 73.7 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Though many of his paintings predate the start of Surrealism, Giorgio de…
El Greco (1541-1614) Pietà (Lamentation) Early 1570s Oil on panel, 28.9 × 20 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia El Greco was born in the Venetian territory of Crete and trained in Venice before moving to Rome. There he encountered the work…
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) La Inmaculada Concepción (The Immaculate Conception) 1662–1665 Oil on canvas, 172 x 298 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Inscription: On the phylactery held by two angels: “IN PRINCIPIO DILEXIT EAM”. Part of a series of four large…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Madonna col Bambino tra San Giovanni Battista e San Girolamo (Madonna and Child between St. John the Baptist and St. Jerome) s.d. Oil on wood, 77 × 107 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Madonna col Bambino e San Giovannino (Madonna and Child with little Saint John) s.d. Oil on wood, 53 × 45 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Madonna col Bambino tra San Pietro e San Sebastiano (Madonna and Child between Saint Peter and Saint Sebastian) c.1475 Oil on wood, 82.7 × 58.7 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Guercino (1591-1666) San Giovanni Battista nel deserto (Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness) 1652 Oil on canvas, 177.7 × 231.8 cm Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Christ Jardinier (Christ the Gardener) 1856–1859 Oil on canvas, 66.5 x 55.5 cm Private collection
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Il trionfo di Mardocheo (The Triumph of Mordecai, from “The Book of Esther”) c.1475 Tempera and oil on poplar, 48.3 x 43.2 x 3.5 cm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa These work belonged to a set of six…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) & Workshop Madonna col Bambino tra due sante (The Virgin and Child between two Saints) c.1490 Oil on panel, 77 x 104 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The Virgin holds the Christ Child in her arms, flanked by…