Carriera, Rosalba (1675-1757) Apollo 1740–1746 Pastel on blue paper, 67 x 52 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Pair: Carriera, Rosalba (1675-1757) Diana 1740–1746 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Apollo (1740-1746)
Tag: Mythology
Diana (1740-1746)
Carriera, Rosalba (1675-1757) Diana 1740–1746 Pastel on blue paper, 67 x 52 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Pair: Carriera, Rosalba (1675-1757) Apollo 1740–1746 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
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
Satiressa con una brocca in mano (c.1730)
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Satiressa con una brocca in mano (Female Satyr Holding a Ewer) c.1730 Oil on canvas, 59 x 95.3 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena Compare: Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Satiressa con tamburello c.1730 Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena
Venus Frigida (1614)
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Venus Frigida (Cold Venus) 1614 Oil on panel, 143 x 184 x 3.8 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp The title refers to Terence: “sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus” (“without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus freezes”)…
Venere allo specchio (c.1555)
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Venere allo specchio (Venus with a Mirror) c.1555 Oil on canvas, 124.5 x 105.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Titian’s goddess of love and beauty conjures the sense of touch. Observing her flushed cheek, one can almost feel its…
Venere allo specchio (c.1555)
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Venere allo specchio (Venus with a Mirror) c.1555 Oil on canvas, 116.5 x 101 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich Compare: Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Venere allo specchio c.1555 National Gallery of Art, Washington
Paesaggio con satiro (16th century)
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Paesaggio con satiro (Landscape with a Satyr) 16th century Pen and brown ink on paper, 18.9 x 20.6 cm Frick Collection, New York
Putto con ghirlande (c.1509)
Pinturicchio (c.1454-1513) Putto con ghirlande (Putto with garlands) c.1509 Fresco, transferred to canvas and attached to wood panels, 94 × 108 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This fresco was part of a series which decorated the palace belonging to Pandolfo…
Trionfo della Castità e Amore sconfitto (c.1509)
Signorelli, Luca (c.1445-1523) Trionfo della Castità e Amore sconfitto (Triumph of Chastity: Love Disarmed and Bound) c.1509 Fresco, detached and mounted on canvas, 125.7 x 133.4 cm National Gallery, London This picture, painted in fresco (directly onto wet plaster), was part…