Tag: Paris

Le bain turc (1862)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Le bain turc (Turkish bath) 1862 Oil on canvas, 108 × 110 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Circular composition. Naked bathing women from the back, from the front, in profile, in three/quarter view, sitting, standing, dancing……

Montesquieu

(1689–1755) Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu Works: • Esprit des lois (French) • Le temple de Gnide (French) • Lettres persanes, tome I (French) • Lettres persanes, tome II (French) • Persialaisia kirjeitä (Finnish) Born…

Jean Racine

(1639–1699) Jean-Baptiste Racine Works: • Athaliah (English) • De Pleiters (Dutch) • Esther (English) • Esther (French) • Mithridate (French) • Phaedra (English) • Phaidra (Finnish) Racine in Art: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) L’apothéose d’Homère 1827 Musée du Louvre, Paris  …

Pierre Corneille

(1606–1684) Works: • Cid (Finnish) • L’occasion perdue recouverte (French) • Œuvres de P. Corneille, Tome 1 (French) • Œuvres de P. Corneille, Tome 2 (French) • Œuvres de P. Corneille, Tome 3 (French) • Œuvres de P. Corneille, Tome…

Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina (c.1529)

Parmigianino (1503-1540) Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina (The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine) c.1529 Oil on wood, 21 × 27 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Compare: Parmigianino (1503-1540) Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina c.1527–1529 Private collection     Parmigianino (1503-1540) Matrimonio mistico di…

Allegoria del Vizio (c.1531)

Correggio (c.1489-1534) Allegoria del Vizio (Allegory of Vice) c.1531 Tempera on canvas, 14.2 × 85.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Companion: Correggio (c.1489-1534) Allegoria della Virtù c.1531 Musée du Louvre, Paris     See also: • Isabella d’Este, Marchesa di Mantova (1474-1539)

Allegoria della Virtù (c.1531)

Correggio (c.1489-1534) Allegoria della Virtù (Allegory of Virtue) c.1531 Tempera on canvas, 14.2 × 85.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Companion: Correggio (c.1489-1534) Allegoria del Vizio c.1531 Musée du Louvre, Paris     See also: • Isabella d’Este, Marchesa di Mantova (1474-1539)

Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina (c.1526-1527)

Correggio (c.1489-1534) Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina alla presenza di san Sebastiano (The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine in the presence of Saint Sebastian; in the landscape, martyrs of two saints) c.1526–1527 Oil on wood, 105 × 102 cm Musée du…