Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) Hope I (Hoffnung I) 1903 Oil on canvas, 189.2 x 67 cm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Study: Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) Standing Pregnant Woman with a Man 1902–1903 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton
Hope I (1903)
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Adam (1507)
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Adam 1507 Oil on panel, 209 x 81 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Dürer made this panel and its companion, Eve upon returning from his second trip to Italy in 1505. Both works constitute an effort to synthesize…
Eve (1507)
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Eve 1507 Oil on panel, 209 x 80 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Like the painting of Adam, represented on a separate panel, Eve’s unstable posture, her rhythmical movements and her affected gestures are sometimes interpreted as a…
La deposizione dalla croce (c.1550)
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) La deposizione dalla croce (The Descent from the Cross) c.1550 Oil on copperplate, 70 x 54 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Christ’s dead body is taken off the Cross by Joseph of Arimathea, Nicodemus and Saint John the…
Apollo e Dafne (1741)
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Apollo e Dafne (Apollo and Daphne) 1741 Oil on canvas, 96 x 79 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Compare: Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Apollo insegue Dafne c.1755–1760 National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Ovid (43 BC-17/18 AD): The Metamorphoses (English)
Apollo insegue Dafne (c.1755-1760)
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Apollo insegue Dafne (Apollo Pursuing Daphne) c.1755–1760 Oil on canvas, 68.5 x 87 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Throughout his career Tiepolo painted small pictures of mythological themes, which proved extremely popular. The subjects of these works…
Bacco e Arianna (c.1743-1745)
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Bacco e Arianna (Bacchus and Ariadne) c.1743–1745 Oil on canvas, 214 × 232.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Le travail (c.1863)
Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le travail (Work) c.1863 Oil on canvas, 108.5 x 148 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Compare: Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le repos c.1863 National Gallery of Art, Washington
Le repos (c.1863)
Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le repos (Rest) c.1863 Oil on canvas, 108.5 x 148 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Compare: Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le travail c.1863 National Gallery of Art, Washington
Alpha’s Despair (1908-1909)
Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) Alpha’s Despair 1908–1909 Lithograph in black, 43.8 x 36.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington