Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Maddalena penitente (Penitent Magdalene) 1560s Oil on canvas, 119 x 97 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Titian turned to the subject of the repentant Mary Magdalene on several occasions, but this version he kept for himself in his…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Venere allo specchio (Venus with a Mirror) c.1555 Oil on canvas, 124.5 x 105.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Titian’s goddess of love and beauty conjures the sense of touch. Observing her flushed cheek, one can almost feel its…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Venere allo specchio (Venus with a Mirror) c.1555 Oil on canvas, 116.5 x 101 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich Compare: Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Venere allo specchio c.1555 National Gallery of Art, Washington
Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) Il gusto (The Sense of Taste) c.1614–1616 Oil on canvas, 113.8 x 88.3 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford This jolly, somewhat ragged figure is an embodiment of the sense of taste, and perhaps also an allusion to the sin…
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Allegorie dell’amore: L’unione felice (Four Allegories of Love: Happy Union) c.1575 Oil on canvas, 187.4 x 186.7 cm National Gallery, London This is one of a series of four paintings by Veronese that concern the trials and rewards of…
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Ritratto d’uomo (Portrait of a Man) 1528–1529 Oil on canvas, transferred from wood, 66.7 x 50.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This is probably the “natural seeming and very beautiful” portrait of a canon from Pisa…
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Ritratto di giovane (Portrait of a Young Man) c.1517–1518 Oil on linen, 72.4 x 57.2 cm National Gallery, London We have interrupted a young man reading; he turns to look over his shoulder at us. The unguarded look…
Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Ritratto di gentildonna ispirata a Lucrezia (Portrait of a Woman inspired by Lucretia) c.1530–1533 Oil on canvas, 96.5 x 110.6 cm National Gallery, London A sumptuously dressed young woman stands between the back of an armchair and a table.…