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Van Gogh peignant des tournesols (1888)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Van Gogh peignant des tournesols (Van Gogh Painting Sunflowers) 1888 Oil on canvas, 73 x 91 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam Was Van Gogh really painting a vase of sunflowers when his friend Gauguin produced this portrait of him?…

Salomè con la testa del Battista (c.1607)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Salomè con la testa del Battista (Salome with the Head of John the Baptist) c.1607 Oil on canvas, 116 x 140 cm Palacio Real, Madrid The painting is in good condition after being restored by Patrimonio Nacional in 2015. It…

Vocazione dei santi Pietro e Andrea (c.1602-1604)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Vocazione dei santi Pietro e Andrea (Calling of Saints Andrew and Peter) c.1602–1604 Oil on canvas, 140.1 x 176 cm Royal Collection, Hampton Court Palace, London Christ gestures ahead while turning back to the brothers Simon (later Peter) and Andrew,…

San Matteo e l’angelo (1602)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) San Matteo e l’angelo (St Matthew and the Angel) 1602 destroyed in 1945 Oil on canvas, 232 x 183 cm Bode Museum, Berlin (former Kaiser Friedrich Museum)

Madonna di Loreto (c.1604)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Madonna di Loreto, Madonna dei Pellegrini (Pilgrim’s Madonna) c.1604 Oil on canvas, 260 x 150 cm Cappella Cavalletti, Sant’Agostino in Campo Marzio, Roma See also: • Loreto (Italia)

Flagellazione di Cristo (c.1606)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Flagellazione di Cristo (Flagellation of Christ) c.1606 Oil on canvas, 134 x 175.5 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen The Rouen Museum of Fine Arts owes this work, one of its masterpieces, to a highly inspired and relatively late purchase made…

Fillide Melandroni (c.1597)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Fillide Melandroni (Portrait of a Courtesan) c.1597, destroyed in 1945 Oil on canvas, 66.8 x 53 cm Bode Museum, Berlin (former Kaiser Friedrich Museum) See also: • Fillide Melandroni