Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Pygmalion et Galatée (Pygmalion and Galatea) c.1890 Oil on canvas, 88.9 x 68.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Between 1890 and 1892, Gérôme made both painted and sculpted variations on the theme of Pygmalion and Galatea, the…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Charity 1540 Oil on canvas, 50 x 34 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Nu assis (Sitting Nude) 1917 Oil on canvas, 114.5 × 71.5 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp
Giorgione (c.1477-1510) La Nuda (The Naked Woman) c.1508 Detached fresco Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Venere allo specchio (Venus with a Mirror) c.1555 Oil on canvas, 124.5 x 105.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Titian’s goddess of love and beauty conjures the sense of touch. Observing her flushed cheek, one can almost feel its…
Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516) The Last Judgment 1500–1505 Oil on wood, 99 x 117.5 cm Groeningemuseum, Bruges The outside panels.
Rosso Fiorentino (1495-1540) Morte di Cleopatra (Death of Cleopatra) c.1525 Oil on canvas, 98.5 x 76.5 cm Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Braunschweig See also: • Cleopatra (69-30 BC) | Egypt
Rosso Fiorentino (1495-1540) Cristo morto compianto da quattro angeli (The Dead Christ with Four Angels) c.1524–1527 Oil on panel, 133.4 x 104.1 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Rosso Fiorentino was one of the primary practitioners of the highly refined and decorative…
Rosso Fiorentino (1495-1540) Mosè difende le figlie di Jetro (Moses Defends the Daughters of Jethro) 1523–1527 Oil on canvas, 160 x 117 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Domenico Veneziano (c.1410-1461) San Giovanni Battista nel deserto (Saint John the Baptist in the Desert) c.1445–1450 Tempera on panel, 28.4 x 31.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington One of Domenico Veneziano‘s major works is an altarpiece that he painted about 1445…