Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Magdalena penitente (Penitent Magdalene) c.1650–1665 Oil on canvas, 123.2 x 108 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Tradition holds that Saint Mary Magdalene, a close follower of Jesus Christ, retreated to a cave in penitence during…
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Isles of Shoals 1899 Oil on canvas, 64.14 x 77.47 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Childe Hassam was profoundly influenced by the work of the French Impressionists, particularly Claude Monet, following several years living in France…
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) John the Baptist c.1505 Oil on canvas, 58 x 21 cm Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) La discesa di Cristo nel Limbo (The Descent of Christ into Limbo) c.1475–1480 Oil on vellum on panel, 51.8 x 37.3 cm Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Les Deux Majestés (The Two Majesties) 1883 Oil on canvas, 69.22 × 128.91 cm Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) La Vallée d’Ornans (The Valley of Ornans) 1858 Oil on canvas, 59.7 x 85.4 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Two disparate expanses of terrain – one infused with afternoon sunlight, the other in shadow – converge in…
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) Le voleur du nid de moineaux (The Robber of the Sparrow’s Nest) c.1710 Oil on paper laid on canvas, laid on panel, 22.60 x 18.50 cm Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh Watteau shows a young couple in an idyllic woodland…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Judgement of Paris 1530 Oil and tempera on panel, 50.8 x 36.4 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Lucas Cranach’s interpretation of the Judgment of Paris is a medieval retelling of an ancient beauty contest.…
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Giuditta mostra la testa di Oloferne (Judith Displaying the Head of Holofernes) 1703–1704 Oil on canvas, 77.5 x 102.9 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis The body of the murdered Assyrian general Holofernes forms the focal point…
Canaletto (1697-1768) Isola nella laguna con una porta e una chiesa (An Island in the Lagoon with a Gateway and a Church) 1743–1744 Oil on canvas, 51.1 x 68.6 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Seemingly a painting of a…