Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Baiser (Kiss) 19th century Bronze Musée du Louvre, Paris
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Apollon vainqueur du serpent Python (s.d.)
Redon, Odilon (1840-1916) Apollon vainqueur du serpent Python (Apollo conquering the serpent Python) s.d. Oil on canvas, width 65 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Parnaso (4th quarter of the 15th century)
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Parnaso (Parnassus) 4th quarter of the 15th century Tempera on canvas, 159 x 192 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Commissioned during the winter of 1496–1497 by Isabelle d’Este, Marchioness of Mantua (1474-1539) for the decoration of her first studiolo…
Minerva caccia i vizi dal Giardino delle Virtù (4th quarter of the 15th century)
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Minerva caccia i vizi dal Giardino delle Virtù (Minerva chasing the Vices from the Garden of Virtue) 4th quarter of the 15th century Tempera on canvas, 160 x 192 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Commissioned by Isabella d’Este,…
Lying naked woman (c.1909-1912)
Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) Lying naked woman c.1909–1912 Blue pencil on white paper, 36.8 x 55.9 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Temptation of Saint Anthony (16th century)
Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516) Temptation of Saint Anthony 16th century Oil on wood, 52 x 39 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Bacchanale (1625-1626)
Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Bacchanale (Bacchanal) 1625–1626 Oil on canvas, 122 x 169 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This is a traditional scene from the iconography of Bacchus, the Roman god of wine. It depicts his meeting with Ariadne on the island…
San Girolamo penitente (1546)
Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) San Girolamo penitente (Penitent Saint Jerome) 1546 Oil on canvas, 99 x 90 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Lorenzo Lotto‘s various depictions of the penitent Saint Jerome span early versions influenced by Albrecht Dürer and Giovanni Bellini (Musée…
Diane (early 19th century)
Géricault, Théodore (1791-1824) Diane (Diana) Early 19th century Wash, pen on paper, 17.3 x 12 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The composition is almost identical, with the same dimensions, to a Venus disarming Cupid (New York, Sotheby’s, January 28, 2015, n.…
Studio di una donna seduta (c.1507-1508)
Raffaello (1483-1520) Studio di una donna seduta (Studies of a Seated Female, Child’s Head, and Three Studies of a Baby) c.1507–1508 Metalpoint, 12 x 15.3 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland This drawing is from Raphael’s “pink sketchbook,” comprised of ten…