Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Enea, Anchise e Ascanio (Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius) 1619 Marble, h. 220 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma This is the first large sculpture group produced by Gian Lorenzo Bernini for Scipione Borghese, for which a payment receipt dating…
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Apollo e Dafne (Apollo and Daphne) 1622–1625 Carrara marble, h. 243 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma Apollo here is depicted in the act of running, with his right foot touching the ground and his left raised; the garment…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) I Raro te Oviri (Under the Pandanus) 1891 Oil on canvas, 67.31 x 90.8 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas In his mid-thirties, Paul Gauguin abandoned his life as a stockbroker to become an artist. He sought to…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Te Arii Vahine (The King’s Wife) 1896 Oil on canvas, 96.6 x 129.8 cm Pushkin Museum, Moscow
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Giove, Nettuno e Plutone (Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto) c.1597 Oil on plaster ceiling, 300 x 180 Casino di Villa Boncompagni Ludovisi, Roma
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Naissance de Vénus (Birth of Venus) 1879 Oil on canvas, 300 x 215 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Caravaggio (1571-1610) San Giovanni Battista (St John the Baptist) c.1602 Oil on canvas, 132 x 97 cm Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Roma Compare: Caravaggio (1571-1610) San Giovanni Battista 1602 Musei Capitolini, Roma
Caravaggio (1571-1610) San Giovanni Battista (St John the Baptist) 1602 Oil on canvas, 129 x 95 cm Musei Capitolini, Roma Compare: Caravaggio (1571-1610) San Giovanni Battista c.1602 Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Roma
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Amorino dormiente (Sleeping Cupid) 1608 Oil on canvas, 72 x 105 cm Galleria Palatina, Firenze In classical antiquity Cupid, the god of love, was always depicted as a young boy armed with bow and arrows. Such images were known as…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) La Madonna dei Palafrenieri (The Madonna dei Palafrenieri / Madonna and Child with Saint Anne) 1605 Oil on canvas, 292 x 211 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma The painting was commissioned in 1605 by the members of the powerful Palafrenieri archconfraternity…