Rosso Fiorentino (1495-1540) La sfida delle Pieridi (The Challenge of the Pierides) c.1523–1527 Oil on wood transferred to canvas, 31 x 63 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris A rare mythological subject This small painting represents an episode reported by Ovid in…
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Minerva caccia i vizi dal Giardino delle Virtù (Minerva chasing the Vices from the Garden of Virtue) 4th quarter of the 15th century Tempera on canvas, 160 x 192 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Commissioned by Isabella d’Este,…
Parmigianino (1503-1540) Figura seduta di Pallade Atena (Seated Figure of Pallas Athena) 1531–1535 Pen and brown ink on light tan laid paper prepared with salmon wash, 5.8 × 5.8 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton These three fragments represent Parmigianino’s preliminary ideas…
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) The Abduction of Proserpina c.1614–1615 Oil on canvas, 38 x 67 cm Petit Palais, Paris
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) The Union of England and Scotland (Charles I as the Prince of Wales) 1633–1634 Oil on gessoed oak panel, 84.46 x 65.72 cm Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis See also: • Charles I (England)
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Judgement of Paris 1530 Oil and tempera on panel, 50.8 x 36.4 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Minerva protettrice delle Arti e delle Scienze (Minerva as Protectress of the Arts and Sciences) early 1680s Oil on canvas, 73.5 x 88 cm National Gallery, London This modello, or detailed oil study, is one of a group of 12…
Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) La Fucina di Vulcano (The Forge of Vulcan) c.1564 Oil on copper, 38 x 28 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze See also: • Francesco I de’ Medici (1541-1587)
Correggio (c.1489-1534) Allegoria della Virtù (Allegory of Virtue) c.1531 Tempera on canvas, 14.2 × 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)
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Il giudizio di Paride (The Judgement of Paris) 1583 Pen and ink on paper, 36.6 x 47.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York On his father’s death in 1540, the young Alessandro Allori was adopted by Bronzino…