Scott, William Bell (1811-1890) Portrait of Algernon Charles Swinburne 1860 Oil on canvas, 47 3/4 x 31.7 in. Private collection See also: • Swinburne, Algernon Charles (1837-1909)
Portrait of Algernon Charles Swinburne (1860)
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La Découverte de Moïse (1651)
Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) La Découverte de Moïse (The Finding of Moses) 1651 Oil on canvas, 117 x 178.2 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Rocky landscape with Hagar and Ishmael (c.1788)
Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Rocky landscape with Hagar and Ishmael c.1788 Oil on canvas, 78.2 x 95 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff
San Francisco en meditación (1639)
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Francisco en meditación (Saint Francis in Meditation) 1639 Oil on canvas, 162 × 137 cm National Gallery, London In this moving painting, Saint Francis is shown meditating in a landscape. His cowl (or hood) is pulled…
Tisaferno e Vafrino (c.1740-1746)
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Tisaferno e Vafrino (Tisaferno and Vafrino) c.1740–1746 Oil on canvas, 158.8 × 53 cm National Gallery, London Two men in turbans are seated under a tree that provides little shade. One has his back to us; the other, who…
Le Triomphe de Silène (c.1636)
Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Le Triomphe de Silène (The Triumph of Silenus) c.1636 Oil on canvas, 142.9 × 120.5 cm National Gallery, London This playful scene celebrates Silenus, companion to Bacchus, the Roman god of wine and drunkenness. Silenus, a naked old…
Femme et enfant dans un paysage (1846-1847)
Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) Femme et enfant dans un paysage (Woman and Child in a Landscape) 1846–1847 Oil on canvas, 45.7 × 38.1 cm National Gallery, London A woman sits on a rocky ledge, her head gracefully turned toward a young naked…
Deposizione di Cristo nel sepolcro (c.1500-1501)
Michelangelo (1475-1564) Deposizione di Cristo nel sepolcro (The Entombment, or Christ being carried to his Tomb) c.1500–1501 Oil on wood, 161.7 × 149.9 cm National Gallery, London This is one of perhaps only three surviving panel paintings by the great Florentine…
Oedipe et le Sphinx (c.1826)
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Oedipe et le Sphinx (Oedipus and the Sphinx) c.1826 Oil on canvas, 17.5 × 13.7 cm National Gallery, London Oedipus, a figure from Greek mythology, stands nude and in profile before the Sphinx, who guards the…
Tentazione sul monte (1308-1311)
Duccio di Buoninsegna (c.1255-c.1319) Tentazione sul monte (The Temptation of Christ on the Mountain) 1308–1311 Tempera on poplar panel, 43.2 x 46 cm Frick Collection, New York This painting was part of the predella (the bottom tier) of the Maestà altarpiece made…