Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) Paradise Landscape with the Animals Entering Noah’s Ark c.1613–1615 Oil on oak, 61 × 90.2 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Paradise Landscape with the Animals Entering Noah’s Ark (c.1613-1615)
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Aeolus (early 17th century)
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Aeolus early 17th century Oil on canvas, 140 x 126 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This work, together with Vulcano y el fuego (P1717), has been considered part of a possible series of four paintings that would…
Il giudizio di Paride (1583)
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Il giudizio di Paride (The Judgement of Paris) 1583 Pen and ink on paper, 36.6 x 47.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York On his father’s death in 1540, the young Alessandro Allori was adopted by Bronzino…
Crocifissione (1475)
Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Crocifissione (Calvary) 1475 Oil on panel, 52.5 x 42.5 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp The dead Christ hangs from the Cross on Golgotha, also known as Mount Calvary. The Virgin Mary is mourning at his…
Minerva in atto di abbigliarsi (1613)
Fontana, Lavinia (1552-1614) Minerva in atto di abbigliarsi (Minerva Dressing) 1613 Oil on canvas, 258 x 190 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma The work, which dates back to 1613, was painted in Rome, evoked here through the dome of St. Peter’s visible…
La charmeuse de serpents (1907)
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) La charmeuse de serpents (The Snake Charmer) 1907 Oil on canvas, 167 x 189.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Rousseau, who was self-taught and began painting late in life, travelled very little. Most of his jungles were painted in the…