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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    

A Slaughtered Ox (1655)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) A Slaughtered Ox 1655 Oil on panel, 94 x 69 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Painting of exceptional success in the work of the master, especially since other representations of this type, known under the name of Rembrandt,…

Natività mistica (1500)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Natività mistica (Mystic Nativity) 1500 Oil on canvas, 108.6 x 74.9 cm National Gallery, London The infant Christ reaches up towards the Virgin Mary, oblivious of his visitors – the Three Kings on the left and the shepherds on…

Madonna che adora il Bambino (1480-1490)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Madonna che adora il Bambino (The Virgin Adoring the Child) c.1480–1490 Tempera on panel, diam. 58.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A woman kneels, angled to our left, and tips her face down toward a naked baby propped…