Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) Tebaide (Thebaid) c.1420 Tempera on panel, 75 x 207 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Tebaide (c.1420)
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Crocifisso di Santa Maria Novella (c.1290-1295)
Giotto (c.1267-1337) Crocifisso di Santa Maria Novella (Crucifix of Santa Maria Novella) c.1290–1295 Tempera on wood, 578 x 406 cm Santa Maria Novella, Firenze
Oedipe et le Sphinx (1864)
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Oedipe et le Sphinx (Oedipus and the Sphinx) 1864 Oil on canvas, 105.5 x 87 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore Compare: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Oedipe explique l’énigme du sphinx 1808 Musée du Louvre, Paris Ingres,…
Oedipe explique l’énigme du sphinx (1808)
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Oedipe explique l’énigme du sphinx (Oedipus explains the enigma of the Sphinx) 1808 Oil on canvas, 189 x 144 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Interior of a cave; naked Oedipus standing in profile with one foot…
Sir Patrick Spens (1856)
Siddal, Elizabeth (1829-1862) Sir Patrick Spens 1856 Watercolour on paper, 24.1 x 22.9 cm Tate Britain, London
Marsia e Olimpo (1597-1600)
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Marsia e Olimpo (Marsyas and Olympus) 1597–1600 Oil on wood, 34.4 x 84.2 cm National Gallery, London A naked golden-haired youth sits on a rock, playing the panpipes; another set of pipes hangs from the tree behind him.…
Daniel in the Lions’ Den (c.1614-1616)
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Daniel in the Lions’ Den c.1614–1616 Oil on canvas, 224.2 x 330.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington The Old Testament recounts how the Persian king Darius I “The Great” (550–486 BC) condemned the devout and steadfast…
La source de la Loue (c.1864)
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) La source de la Loue (The Source of the Loue) c.1864 Oil on canvas, 107.31 x 137.47 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Although Gustave Courbet resided in Paris for most of his life, he remained closely connected…
The Artist Sketching (1922)
Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) The Artist Sketching 1922 Oil on canvas, 55.9 x 71.1 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
Paysage du Jura (1869)
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Paysage du Jura (Jura Landscape) 1869 Oil on canvas, 59.7 x 73.3 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence