Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist 1530s Oil on poplar, 87 x 58 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist (1530s)
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Lions dans un paysage montagneux (c.1818-1820)
Géricault, Théodore (1791-1824) Lions dans un paysage montagneux (Lions in a Mountainous Landscape) c.1818–1820 Oil on wood, 48.3 x 59.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This vigorous painting of six lions in a remote, spectrally illuminated lair—possibly intended to…
Satiressa con tamburello (c.1730)
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Satiressa con tamburello (Female Satyr with Tambourine) c.1730 Oil on canvas, 59.7 x 95.3 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena Compare: Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Satiressa con una brocca in mano c.1730 Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena
Madonna col Bambino e i santi Caterina e Giovanni Battista (c.1496-1500)
Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Madonna col Bambino e i santi Caterina e Giovanni Battista (Madonna and Child with Saints Catherine and John the Baptist) c.1496–1500 Oil on panel, 50 x 81 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia
Apoteosi di sant’Orsola e delle sue compagne (1491)
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Apoteosi di sant’Orsola e delle sue compagne (Apotheosis of Saint Ursula and her companions) 1491 Oil on canvas, 481 x 335 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia This is the nineth of nine paintings in the cycle of the Legend of…
Presentazione della Vergine al Tempio (1534-1538)
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Presentazione della Vergine al Tempio (Presentation of the Virgin at the Temple) 1534–1538 Oil on canvas, 335 x 775 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia
Fuga in Egitto (c.1508)
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Fuga in Egitto (Flight into Egypt) c.1508 Oil on canvas, 206 x 336 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Titian, outstanding master of the Renaissance, is represented in the Hermitage by a number of superb works. The Flight into Egypt was…
San Juan Bautista (c.1600-1605)
El Greco (1541-1614) San Juan Bautista (Saint John the Baptist) c.1600–1605 Oil on canvas, 103 x 62 cm Museo de Bellas Artes, Valencia
Santa Caterina d’Alessandria e committente (c.1480)
Pinturicchio (c.1454-1513) Santa Caterina d’Alessandria e committente (Saint Catherine of Alexandria with a Donor) c.1480 Oil on wood, 56.5 x 38.1 cm National Gallery, London This painting was made for private worship, and the donor who commissioned it is shown kneeling…
Madonna col Bambino benedicente (c.1480)
Pinturicchio (c.1454-1513) Madonna col Bambino benedicente (The Virgin and Blessing Child) c.1480 Tempera on wood, 53.5 x 35.5 cm National Gallery, London Presented by Queen Victoria at the Prince Consort’s wish, 1863. Pintoricchio painted a number of images of the Virgin…