Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Cristo morto nel sepolcro e tre dolenti (The Dead Christ and Three Mourners) c.1483 Tempera on canvas, 68 x 81 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The most convincing hypothesis, despite the uncertainties stemming from the existence of…
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…
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…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Pietà c.1460 Tempera on panel, 86 x 107 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Signature: HAEC FERE QUUM GEMITUS TURGENTIA LUMINA PROMANT / BELLINI POTERAT FLERE IONNIS OPUS (This is whwn the lights of grievance pooceed / The…
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;…
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
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) La toilette de Vénus 1873 Oil on canvas, 170 x 130 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires
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,…
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…
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…