Tag: Nymph

Nymphe surprise (c.1861)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Nymphe surprise (Surprised Nymph) c.1861 Oil on wooden board, 46 x 35.5 cm Nationalgalleriet, Oslo Compare: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Étude pour La nymphe surprise 1861 Private collection     Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Nymphe surprise 1861 Museo de Bellas Artes, Buenos…

A Naiad (1893)

Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) A Naiad (or Hylas with a Nymph) 1893 Oil on canvas, 127 x 66 cm Private collection

Venere e il suonatore di liuto (1565-1570)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) & Workshop Venere e il suonatore di liuto (Venus and the Lute Player) c.1565–1570 Oil on canvas, 165.1 x 209.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Venus, the goddess of love, interrupts her music making to be crowned…

Baccanale degli Andrii (1523-1526)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Baccanale degli Andrii (Bacchanal of the Andrians) 1523–1526 Oil on canvas, 175 x 193 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Having delivered the Bacchus and Ariadne in 1523 Titian then painted The Andrians, also inspired by Philostratus. The scene is set…

Omaggio a Venere (1518)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Omaggio a Venere (Worship of Venus) 1518 Oil on canvas, 172 x 175 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Titian‘s first contribution to the Camerino d’Alabastro was prompted by the death in October 1517 of Fra Bartolommeo from whom Alfonso d’Este…

Ritratto di Simonetta Vespucci (c.1480-1485)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Ritratto di Simonetta Vespucci (Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci) c.1480–1485 Mixed technique on poplar, 81.3 x 50 cm Städel Museum, Frankfurt Idealised Portrait of a Lady (Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci as Nymph) The fantastical accoutrements in this larger-than-life-size half-length painting…

La Nymphe surprise (1861)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Nymphe surprise (The Surprised Nymph) 1861 Oil on canvas, 144.5 x 112.5 cm Museo de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires Compare: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Étude pour La nymphe surprise 1861 Private collection     Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Nymphe surprise…