Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) El dios Marte (Mars, God of War) c.1638 Oil on canvas, 179 x 95 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The first documentation of Diego Velazquez‘s Mars is from 1701–03, when it appeared in the inventory of paintings…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) La fragua de Vulcano (The Forge of Vulcan) 1630 Oil on canvas, 223 x 290 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid A figure suddenly appears on the left in a forge where various blacksmiths are working, dressed in…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Los borrachos, o El triunfo de Baco (The Drunkards, or The Triumph of Bacchus) 1628–1629 Oil on canvas, 165 x 225 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Documentation of payment received by Velázquez in July 1629 for an…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Flora c.1515 Oil on canvas, 79.7 x 63.5 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Amor sacro e amor profano (Sacred and Profane Love) 1514 Oil on canvas, 118 x 278 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Venere di Urbino (Venus of Urbino) 1538 Oil on canvas, 119 x 165 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Compare: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) La Vénus couchée d’Urbino, d’après le Titien 1822 Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) La Bacchante à la Panthère (Bacchante with a Panther) 1860 Oil on canvas Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT
Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) Pallas Athene 1898 Oil on canvas, 75 x 75 cm Wien Museum, Vienna
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) El coloso (The Colossus) after 1808 Oil on canvas, 116 x 105 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid A fearsome giant looms over a valley filled with a terrified, scattering multitude in what has on occasions been seen as…
