Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Busto di papa Gregorio XV (Bust of Pope Gregory XV) 1621 Marble, 83.2 × 62.3 × 32.4 cm Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto See also: • Gregorius XV, Pope (1554-1623)
Busto di papa Gregorio XV (1621)
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Lavanda dei piedi (c.1545-1555)
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Lavanda dei piedi (Christ Washing His Disciples’ Feet) c.1545–1555 Oil on canvas, 154.9 × 407.7 cm Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Il ritorno del figliol prodigo (1654-1655)
Guercino (1591-1666) Il ritorno del figliol prodigo (The Return of the Prodigal Son) 1654–1655 Oil on canvas, 155.6 x 146.1 cm Timken Museum of Art, San Diego The parable depicted by Il Guercino (a nickname meaning “squint-eyed”) is the one most…
Saint Bartholomew (1657)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Saint Bartholomew 1657 Oil on canvas, 122.7 x 99.7 cm Timken Museum of Art, San Diego Rembrandt van Rijn is one of the greatest artists of all time and acclaimed for his compelling representations of the human condition. Known…
Cristo en la cruz (1660-1670)
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Cristo en la cruz (Christ on the Cross) 1660–1670 Oil on canvas, 208.9 x 113 cm Timken Museum of Art, San Diego In this late painting by Bartolomé Estebán Murillo, the luminous figure of Christ appears against…
San Francisco en meditación (c.1635)
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Francisco en meditación (Saint Francis in Meditation) c.1635 Oil on canvas, 93.3 x 68.6 cm Timken Museum of Art, San Diego Zurbarán is recognized as one of the greatest Spanish painters of the seventeenth century. He…
L’Ascète (1903)
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) L’Ascète (The Ascetic) 1903 Oil on canvas, 118.4 x 80.6 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Between 1901 and 1904, during what is now called his Blue Period, Picasso pursued the themes of suffering and alienation, taking the sick, the…
La Leçon de musique (1917)
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) La Leçon de musique (The Music Lesson) 1917 Oil on canvas, 245.1 x 210.8 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Matisse set this portrait of his wife, daughter, and two sons in the living room of the family home in…
La Famille Henriot (c.1875)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Famille Henriot (Henriot Family) c.1875 Oil on canvas, 115.6 x 164.1 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Daytrips to the countryside around Paris became a popular form of leisure during the late 19th century. Renoir alludes to this kind…
Le Juif priant (1923)
Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) Le Juif priant (The Praying Jew) 1923 Oil on canvas, 116.8 × 89.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago © 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris Signed, l.r.: “MArc / ChAgAll” Marc Chagall had…