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Morte di Cleopatra (1660-1662)

Cagnacci, Guido (1601-1663) Morte di Cleopatra (Death of Cleopatra) 1660–1662 Oil on canvas, 120 x 158 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Compare: Cagnacci, Guido (1601-1663) La Morte di Cleopatra c.1645–1655 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York     Cagnacci, Guido (1601-1663) Morte di…

Ritratto di Andrea Doria come Nettuno (c.1545-1546)

Bronzino (1503-1572) Ritratto di Andrea Doria come Nettuno (Portrait of Andrea Doria in the Guise of Neptune) c.1545–1546 Oil on canvas, 149 x 199.5 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Paolo Giovio commissioned this portrait from Bronzino for a museum that…

Pietà (c.1460)

Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Pietà c.1460 Tempera on panel, 86 x 107 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The panel, dated to the years between 1465 and 1470, marks an evident emancipation of the artist from the influence of Andrea Mantegna, to…

Les Poseuses (1886-1888)

Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Les Poseuses (The Models) 1886–1888 Oil on canvas, 200 x 249.9 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia In this scene set inside the artist’s studio, Seurat depicts models posing in front of A Sunday on La Grande Jatte—1884 (1884–86;…

Sara la baigneuse (1887)

Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Sara la baigneuse (Sarah the Bather) 1887 Oil on canvas, 82.5 x 68.5 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires

Giuseppe e la moglie di Putifarre (c.1555)

Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Giuseppe e la moglie di Putifarre (Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife) c.1555 Oil on canvas, 54 x 117 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Joseph is a handsome and virtuous slave falsely accused of rape by his master’s wife,…

Susanna e i Vecchioni (1552-1555)

Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Susanna e i Vecchioni (Susanna and the Elders) 1552–1555 Oil on canvas, 58 x 116 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This canvas is part of a group of six paintings: Susannah and the Elders (P386), Esther and…

Femme au perroquet (1866)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Femme au perroquet (Woman with a Parrot) 1866 Oil on canvas, 129.5 x 195.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York When this painting was shown in the Salon of 1866, some critics censured Courbet‘s “lack of…

La jeune baigneuse (1866)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) La jeune baigneuse (The Young Bather) 1866 Oil on canvas, 130.2 x 97.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The traditional theme of women bathing attracted Courbet’s attention repeatedly in the 1860s. This scene revisits a…