Tag: rose

Roses and sunflowers (1886)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Roses and sunflowers 1886 Oil on canvas, 50 x 61 cm Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim Compare: Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Sunflowers 1888 National Gallery, London    

Madonna col Bambino in trono e due angeli (c.1440)

Lippi, Filippo (1406-1469) Madonna col Bambino in trono e due angeli (Madonna and Child Enthroned with Two Angels) c.1440 Tempera and gold on wood, transferred from wood, 122.6 x 62.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The Virgin, known as “the…

Battesimo di Cristo (c.1437-1445)

Piero della Francesca (c.1416-1492) Battesimo di Cristo (The Baptism of Christ) probably about 1437–1445 Egg tempera on poplar, 167 × 116 cm National Gallery, London This is the earliest surviving work by the innovative Tuscan painter, Piero della Francesca. Very few…

Maestà di Ognissanti (c.1300-1305)

Giotto (c.1267-1337) Maestà di Ognissanti (Majesty of All Saints, Madonna and Child Enthroned, Angels and Saints) c.1300–1305 Tempera on wood, gold background, 325 x 204 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze

Madonna col Bambino (c.1310-1315)

Giotto (c.1267-1337) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) c.1310–1315 Tempera on poplar panel, 85.4 × 61.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A woman with pale skin holds a baby in the crook of her left arm, on our right, against…

Paolo and Francesca da Rimini (1855)

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Paolo and Francesca da Rimini 1855 Watercolour on paper, 25.4 cm x 44.9 cm Tate Britain, London Compare: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Paolo and Francesca da Rimini 1867 National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne     See also: • Alighieri, Dante (1265-1321) | Francesca…

Luigi Cherubini (1841)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Luigi Cherubini 1841 Oil on canvas, 83.2 x 71.1 cm Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati Compare: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Cherubini et la Muse de la poésie lyrique 1842 Musée du Louvre, Paris     See also: • Cherubini, Luigi (1760-1842)

Lady Lilith (1867)

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Lady Lilith 1867 Watercolor and gouache, 51.3 x 44 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Fascinated by women’s physical allure, Rossetti here imagines a legendary femme fatale as a self-absorbed nineteenth-century beauty who combs her hair…