Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Venus and Cupid c.1606–1611 Oil on canvas, 137 x 111 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Rubens was the most outstanding of all Flemish painters, and a leading exponent of Baroque art. The Toilet of Venus is one of…
Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) Giovanna degli Albizzi Tornabuoni 1489–1490 Mixed media on panel, 77 x 49 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid This superb panel is a fine example of fifteenth-century Florentine portraiture. Artists of the time followed classical dictates: body proportions were idealised while…
Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Angelo con globo e scettro (Angel with Globe and Sceptre) 1516 Oil on wood, 45.8 x 155.3 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780) L’Arno a Firenze (The Arno in Florence) 1740 Oil on canvas, 62 × 90 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest See also: • Firenze (Italia)
Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) View of the Oude Delft Canal, Delft c.1660 Oil on cradled plywood panel, transferred from oak panel, 55.2 × 70.8 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit See also: • Delft (Netherlands)
Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) View of Oudezijds Voorburgwal with the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam 1670 Oil on panel, 52.3 x 41.4 cm Mauritshuis, The Hague See also: • Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) A Farm among Trees c.1670 Oil on oak, 22.1 x 28.8 cm National Gallery, London There is something rather mysterious about this rare – and tiny – landscape by Jan van der Heyden, who specialised in painting…
Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) View of the Westerkerk, Amsterdam probably 1660 Oil on oak, 90.7 x 114.5 cm National Gallery, London This is one of the ultimate seventeenth-century examples of what today we might think of as a high-resolution image.…
Campin, Robert (c.1378-1444) Saint John the Baptist and the Franciscan Heinrich von Werl 1438 Oil on oak panel, 101 x 47 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Pair: Campin, Robert (c.1378-1444) Saint Barbara 1438 Museo del Prado, Madrid
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Tigresse et ses petits (Tiger and Cubs) c.1884 Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 91.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Gérôme attributed the success of his animal paintings to his early studies at the menagerie of the…