Tag: MET

Venere e Cupido (1520s)

Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Venere e Cupido (Venus and Cupid) 1520s Oil on canvas, 92.4 x 111.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In his inimitable fashion, in this unique masterpiece Lorenzo Lotto takes one of the most popular subjects of Venetian…

Madonna che adora il Bambino (early 1490s)

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…

Ritratto di una giovane donna (c.1490-1500)

Lorenzo di Credi (c.1459-1537) Ritratto di una giovane donna (Portrait of a Young Woman) c.1490–1500 Oil on wood, 58.7 x 40 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This damaged but evocative portrait has been identified as the widow of the…

Madonna col Bambino (c.1483-1484)

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…

Autoportrait (c.1790)

Gros, Antoine-Jean (1771-1835) Autoportrait (Self-Portrait) c.1790 Oil on canvas, 27.3 × 21.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Gros trained with Jacques Louis David, leader of the most prominent atelier in Paris during a tumultuous period marked by Revolution and Empire.…

Le bouquet de violettes (c.1877-1878)

Gonzalès, Eva (1849-1883) Le bouquet de violettes (The Bouquet of Violets) c.1877–1878 Pastel on wove paper, 25.1 x 19.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Gonzalès’s sister Jeanne, who was also an artist, probably posed for this scene. Women in the…

Madonna col Bambino e angeli (c.1410)

Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Madonna col Bambino e angeli (Madonna and Child with Angels) c.1410 Tempera on wood, traces of gold ground, 85.7 x 50.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Although badly damaged, this picture is a rare work…

Repas comique, Banquet des affamés (c.1917-1918)

Ensor, James (1860-1949) Repas comique, Banquet des affamés (Comical Repast, Banquet of the Starved) c.1917–1918 Oil on canvas, 115.6 x 145.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The current title of this painting reflects the two names it was given…

La mort de Socrate (1787)

David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825) La mort de Socrate (The Death of Socrates) 1787 Oil on canvas, 129.5 x 196.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In this landmark of Neoclassical painting from the years immediately preceding the French Revolution, David took up…