Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Café Maison, Le Caire; la coulée balles (Cafe House, Cairo; Casting Bullets) 1884 or earlier Oil on canvas, 54.6 x 62.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York While two mercenaries cast bullets and a third, seated behind them,…
Carriera, Rosalba (1675-1757) Ritratto d’uomo (Portrait of a Man) c.1710 Ivory, 76 x 59 mm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Carriera was known throughout Europe for her pastel portraits, but she also pioneered the use of ivory as a support…
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Saint Rosalie Interceding for the Plague-stricken of Palermo 1624 Oil on canvas, 99.7 x 73.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Van Dyck was in Palermo, Sicily, when a plague broke out and the city was quarantined.…
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Virgin and Child with Saint Catherine of Alexandria c.1630 Oil on canvas, 109.2 x 90.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The infant Jesus responds with playful enthusiasm to an adoring Saint Catherine, a princess identified by…
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Self-Portrait c.1620–1621 Oil on canvas, 119.7 x 87.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Lifting a languid hand to his chin, the young Van Dyck presents himself as an aristocrat, excluding any signs of his trade…
Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516) The Adoration of the Magi c.1475 Oil and gold on oak, 71.1 x 56.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This tranquil scene, with its tunneling perspective and sensitively rendered faces, is characteristic of Bosch’s works before…
Pinturicchio (c.1454-1513) Putto con ghirlande (Putto with garlands) c.1509 Fresco, transferred to canvas and attached to wood panels, 94 × 108 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This fresco was part of a series which decorated the palace belonging to Pandolfo…
Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) Sacra Famiglia con le sante Anna e Caterina d’Alessandria (The Holy Family with Saints Anne and Catherine of Alexandria) 1648 Oil on canvas, 209.6 x 154.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York A masterpiece of the artist’s…
Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) Le lacrime di San Pietro (The Tears of Saint Peter) c.1612–1613 Oil on canvas, 161.9 x 114.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Spanish by birth, Ribera moved to Italy when he was fourteen or fifteen. He…
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) La fuga in Egitto (The Flight into Egypt) 1701 Oil on canvas, 61.5 x 48.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In 1692 Giordano was summoned to Spain as court painter to King Charles II. Charles was succeeded in…