Lippi, Filippino (1457-1504) San Girolamo nel deserto (Saint Jerome in the Wilderness) c.1475–1480 Tempera on wood, 46.5 × 34.2 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
San Girolamo nel deserto (c.1475-1480)
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Testa di Cristo con la corona di spine (c.1621)
Guercino (1591-1666) Testa di Cristo con la corona di spine (Head of Christ with the Crown of Thorns) c.1621 Oil on copper, 28.5 × 24 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
El Afilador (c.1808-1812)
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) El Afilador (The Knife-Grinder) c.1808–1812 Oil on canvas, 68 × 50.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Pair: Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) La Aguadora c.1808–1812 Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Portrait of a Young Man (c.1500-1510)
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Portrait of a Young Man c.1500–1510 Oil on pine, 43 × 29 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Albrecht Dürer was indisputably the greatest sixteenth-century painter north of the Alps. Not only did he have a God-given talent,…
Caterina Cornaro, regina di Cipro (c.1500)
Bellini, Gentile (c.1429-1507) Caterina Cornaro, regina di Cipro (Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus) c.1500 Oil on wood, 63.2 × 49.4 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest The heroine of Donizetti’s opera, Caterina Cornaro was not born to the crown. The Venetian patrician…
A Man (c.1435)
Campin, Robert (c.1378-1444) A Man c.1435 Oil with egg tempera on oak, 40.7 x 28.1 cm National Gallery, London This striking portrait of a man in a red hat forms a pair with Campin’s A Woman – the sitters were clearly husband…
A Woman (c.1435)
Campin, Robert (c.1378-1444) A Woman c.1435 Oil with egg tempera on oak, 40.6 x 28.1 cm National Gallery, London This striking portrait of a woman forms a pair with Campin’s portrait A Man: the sitters were clearly married. We don’t know…
A Young Man at Prayer (c.1475)
Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) A Young Man at Prayer c.1475 Oil on oak, 39 x 25.4 cm National Gallery, London A pale young man, hands folded in prayer, is engaged in private devotions. The book is presumably a prayer book or a Book…
Virgin and Child (c.1475)
Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Virgin and Child c.1475 Oil on oak, 37.9 x 28 cm National Gallery, London The Virgin Mary, bareheaded and richly dressed, holds the naked Christ Child, who rests on a white cushion on a ledge of purple-grey veined…
Victor Hugo sur son lit de mort (1885)
Nadar (1820-1910) Victor Hugo sur son lit de mort (Victor Hugo on His Deathbed) 1885 Woodburytype, 18.7 × 24.4 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles When the poet, playwright, and novelist Victor Hugo died in 1885, Nadar went to his deathbed to make…