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La Bella Nani (c.1560)

Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) La Bella Nani (Portrait of a Venetian woman) c.1560 Oil on canvas, 119 × 103 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris At the time of its rediscovery at the end of the 19th century, it was thought that this portrait…

Ritratto di uomo (c.1535)

Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Ritratto di uomo (Portrait of a Man, Mercurio Bua) c.1535 Oil on canvas, 118 x 105 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma The character, long believed to be a self-portrait of the artist, is depicted inside a closed environment, the…

Santa Caterina (1522)

Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Santa Caterina (Saint Catherine) 1522 Oil on panel, 57.2 x 50.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from the waist up and nearly filling the picture, a young woman with pale skin, dressed in a jewel-toned gown and…

Santi Gregorio Magno e Mattia (c.1428-1429)

Masolino da Panicale (c.1383-c.1440) Santi Gregorio Magno e Mattia (Saint Gregory? and Saint Matthias) c.1428–1429 Tempera grassa and oil on poplar, transferred to fibreboard, 126.3 x 59.1 cm National Gallery, London Saint Matthias is shown holding the axe that was used…

La Vénus couchée d’Urbino, d’après le Titien (1822)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) La Vénus couchée d’Urbino, d’après le Titien (Reclining Venus of Urbino, after Titian) 1822 Oil on canvas, 116 x 168 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore Compare: Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Venere di Urbino 1538 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze