Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Raffaello e la figlia del fornaio (Raphael and the Baker’s Daughter) 1846 Oil on canvas, 35.56 x 27.3 cm Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus Compare: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Raphaël et la Fornarina 1814 Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA…
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Ritratto di gentiluomo (Portrait of a Gentleman of the Emo? Family) c.1565–1570 Oil on canvas, 125.7 x 100.3 cm Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia
De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) William De Morgan 1909 Oil on canvas, 68.8 x 54.8 cm National Portrait Gallery, London Painted by his wife, the renowned artist Evelyn de Morgan, this portrait shows De Morgan ‘surrounded by tokens of his two professions’, holding…
De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) William De Morgan 1893 Oil on canvas, 42 x 30.5 cm De Morgan Collection This is the earlier of two portraits of William De Morgan, painted by his wife Evelyn. According to the signature at the top…
De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) Our Lady of Peace 1907 Oil on canvas, 195.2 x 100.2 cm De Morgan Collection This painting is in response to the Boer war. In Our Lady of Peace we see a Christian knight, who is about…
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…
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Meditazione sulla passione (The Meditation on the Passion) c.1490 Oil and tempera on wood, 66.5 × 84.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This remarkable picture is a meditation on death and resurrection. Christ’s dead body is displayed…
Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923) Portrait funéraire de Jacques Damala (Funerary Portrait of Jacques Damala) c.1889 Marble, 27.9 x 46 x 31.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The great tragic actress, Sarah Bernhardt, was also a gifted sculptor. She carved this…
Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Ritratto di un uomo barbuto (Portrait of a Bearded Man) c.1540 Oil on canvas, 97.79 x 85.09 cm New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans The tight space between the blue curtain, cast shadow of the green wall and…
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Giovane con un mantello rifinito con l’ermellino (Portrait of a Young Man with an Ermine Trimmed Coat) c.1550 Oil on canvas, 55.88 x 44.45 cm New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans Attributed to Tintoretto.