Tag: portrait

Proserpine (1878)

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Proserpine (Proserpina) 1878 Pencil and watercolor on paper mounted on a wood, 77.5 cm × 37.5 cm Private collection Compare: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Proserpine 1874 Tate Britain, London     Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Proserpine 1882…

Proserpine (1874)

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Proserpine (Proserpina) 1874 Oil on canvas, 125.1 cm × 61 cm Tate Britain, London Compare: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Proserpine 1878 Private collection     Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Proserpine 1882 Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham    …

Luis de Góngora y Argote (1622)

Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Luis de Góngora y Argote 1622 Oil on canvas, 50.2 x 40.6 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Velázquez‘s abilities as both painter and observer make him one of the great portraitists of Western painting; this early work is…

Marat Assassiné (1793)

David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825) Marat Assassiné (Marat Assassinated) 1793 Oil on canvas, 165 x 128 cm Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels See also: • Marat, Jean-Paul (1743-1793)

Testa di giovane ridente (c.1585)

Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Testa di giovane ridente (Head of a Laughing Youth) c.1585 Oil on paper on canvas, 44.5 × 29.5 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma The painting, mentioned as ‘Buffoon laughing’, has been part of the Borghese collection since 1693 and…

Testa d’uomo di profilo (c.1588-1895)

Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Testa d’uomo di profilo (Head of a Man in Profile) c.1588–1595 Oil on canvas, 44.8 x 32.1 cm Royal Collection, Windsor Castle This vivid head is precisely the type of study from everyday life practised so passionately by…