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L’Automne (1882)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) L’Automne, Méry Laurent (Autumn, Mery Laurent) 1882 Oil on canvas, 73 x 51 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nancy See also: • Laurent, Méry (1849-1900) | Proust, Antonin (1832-1905)

Méry Laurent au carlin (1882)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Méry Laurent au carlin (Méry Laurent with a Pug) 1882 Pastel on canvas, 53 x 34 cm Pushkin Museum, Moscow See also: • Méry Laurent (1849-1900)

Victorine Meurent (c.1862)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Victorine Meurent c.1862 Oil on canvas, 42.9 x 43.8 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Victorine-Louise Meurent (1844-1927) was a professional artist’s model and painter in her own right, exhibiting work at the Paris Salon in 1876 and…

Salomè con la testa del Battista (1515)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Salomè con la testa del Battista (Salome with the Head of John the Baptist) 1515 Oil on canvas, 90 x 72 cm Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Roma This early masterpiece by Titian, which illustrates the terrible biblical episode in a dark…

Elettore Giovanni Federico di Sassonia (c.1550-1551)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Elettore Giovanni Federico di Sassonia (Elector John Frederick of Saxony) c.1550–1551 Oil on canvas, 103.5 x 83 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna As one of the protagonists of the Schmalkaldic League, the Elector fought in the Battle of Mühlberg (1547)…

Ritratto di giovane uomo (1480-1485)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Ritratto di giovane uomo (Portrait of a Young Man) c.1480–1485 Tempera and oil on wood, 37.5 x 28.3 cm National Gallery, London This apparently simple portrait of a young man was revolutionary in Italian painting. Until this moment, artists…

San Sebastiano (1474)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) San Sebastiano (St. Sebastian) 1474 Tempera on poplar panel, 195 x 75 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin The Roman officer Sebastian was supposed to renounce his Christian faith in order to serve as the bodyguard of the Emperor Diocletian. When he…

Madonna col Bambino e otto angeli (c.1480)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Madonna col Bambino e otto angeli, Raczyński Tondo (Madonna and Child with Eight Angels) c.1480 Tempera on poplar panel, diameter 136.5 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin It is possible that this circular picture used to belong to the Brothers of S.…

Ritratto di giovane uomo (1482-1485)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Ritratto di giovane uomo (Portrait of a Young Man) c.1482–1485 Tempera on panel, 43.5 x 46.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington This vertical portrait shows the head, shoulders, and chest of a young man with smooth, pale skin…

Giuliano de’ Medici (1478)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Giuliano de’ Medici 1478 Tempera on poplar, 57.1 x 38.4 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin Attributed to Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) Giuliano de’ Medici, the younger brother of Lorenzo the Magnifico, was murdered in Florence Cathedral in 1478 at the age…