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Amor Vincit Omnia (1601-1602)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Amor Vincit Omnia (Love Conquers All / Cupid as Victor) 1601–1602 Oil on canvas, 156.5 x 113.3 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin Around 1592/93, Caravaggio came to Rome from Lombardy, bringing with him formative impressions of the works of Savoldo, Lotto, Romanino…

San Giovanni Battista (1604-1606)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) San Giovanni Battista (Saint John the Baptist) 1604–1606 Oil on canvas, 94 x 131 cm Galleria Corsini, Roma The authenticity of this painting has long been doubted, although there are other versions of the same subject created by Caravaggio…

Giuditta e Oloferne (c.1599)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Giuditta e Oloferne (Judith Beheading Holofernes) c.1599 Oil on canvas, 145 x 195 cm Palazzo Barberini, Roma Three characters and a red cloth in the background: few elements, capable of orchestrating a true theater of opposites. Darkness and light,…

Mauresque (1869)

Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Mauresque (Woman in a Moorish Costume) 1869 Oil on canvas, 99.7 x 59 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena Lise Tréhot, Renoir’s first mistress, model, and muse, is here depicted with quiet eroticism by that artist’s friend and colleague, Bazille.…

La Toilette (1870)

Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) La Toilette 1870 Oil on canvas, 130 x 128 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier Inspired by the orientalist imagination as well as the biblical universe, the painting depicts a modern Bathsheba being prepared by two servants for nuptial union. This…