Laurencin, Marie (1883-1956) Bacchante 1911 Oil on canvas pasted on cardboard, 32.7 x 41 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Bacchante (1911)
Tag: Mythology
Artémis (c.1908)
Laurencin, Marie (1883-1956) Artémis (Artemis) c.1908 Oil on canvas pasted on cardboard, 35.5 x 27 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Los borrachos, o El triunfo de Baco (1778)
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Los borrachos, o El triunfo de Baco (Drunks, or The Triumph of Bacchus) 1778 Etching, drypoint, 39.5 x 46.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Inscription: “Pintura de Don Diego Velázquez con figuras del tamaño natural en el…
La fucina di Vulcano (c.1660)
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) La fucina di Vulcano (Vulcan’s Forge) c.1660 Oil on canvas, 192.5 x 151.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg This early work by Luca Giordano manages to combine a mythological theme with a treatment worthy of a genre painting.…
Naïade (c.1896)
Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Naïade (Naiad) c.1896 Oil on canvas, 41.5 x 55 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
La morte di Giacinto (c.1752-1753)
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) La morte di Giacinto (The Death of Hyacinthus) c.1752–1753 Oil on canvas, 287 x 232 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid This large canvas dates from the period when Tiepolo was working in Würzburg. It was first attributed to the…
Apollon vainqueur du serpent Python (s.d.)
Redon, Odilon (1840-1916) Apollon vainqueur du serpent Python (Apollo conquering the serpent Python) s.d. Oil on canvas, width 65 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Parnaso (4th quarter of the 15th century)
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Parnaso (Parnassus) 4th quarter of the 15th century Tempera on canvas, 159 x 192 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Commissioned during the winter of 1496–1497 by Isabelle d’Este, Marchioness of Mantua (1474-1539) for the decoration of her first studiolo…
Minerva caccia i vizi dal Giardino delle Virtù (4th quarter of the 15th century)
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Minerva caccia i vizi dal Giardino delle Virtù (Minerva chasing the Vices from the Garden of Virtue) 4th quarter of the 15th century Tempera on canvas, 160 x 192 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Commissioned by Isabella d’Este,…
Bacchanale (1625-1626)
Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Bacchanale (Bacchanal) 1625–1626 Oil on canvas, 122 x 169 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This is a traditional scene from the iconography of Bacchus, the Roman god of wine. It depicts his meeting with Ariadne on the island…