Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Arlequin danse (Harlequin dancing) c.1890 Pastel on paper on cardboard, 52 x 63 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires In the mid-1880s, Edgar Degas produced a set of seven pastels and a sculpture dedicated to…
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Premier deuil (The First Mourning) 1888 Oil on canvas, 203 x 250 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires During the last quarter of the 19th Century, every month of May would bring extensive accounts of…
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Jeune mère contemplant son enfant (Young Mother Gazing at Her Child) 1871 Oil on canvas, 76.2 x 95.2 cm Private collection
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Doge Alvise Mocenigo presentato al Redentore (Doge Alvise Mocenigo Presented to the Redeemer) probably 1577 Oil on canvas, 97.2 x 198.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This unfinished sketch records one stage of Tintoretto’s preparation…
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Il miracolo dei pani e dei pesci (The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes) c.1545–1550 Oil on canvas, 154.9 x 407.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York A crowd gathers in Tintoretto’s sprawling depiction of one…
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) La conversione di san Paolo (The Conversion of Saint Paul) c.1544 Oil on canvas, 152.7 x 236.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Before he became known as Saint Paul, Saul was a persecutor of Christians. This…
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Mosè salvato dalle acque (Moses Saved from the Waters) c.1555 Oil on canvas, 56 x 119 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This is one of seven canvases (P00386, P00388, P00389, P00393, P00394, P00395, P00396) in a group…
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Giuseppe e la moglie di Putifarre (Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife) c.1555 Oil on canvas, 54 x 117 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Joseph is a handsome and virtuous slave falsely accused of rape by his master’s wife,…
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Salomone e la regina di Saba (Solomon and the Queen of Sheba) c.1555 Oil on canvas, 58 x 205 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This is one of seven canvases (P00386, P00388, P00389, P00393, P00394, P00395, P00396)…
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Ester e Assuero (Esther before Ahasuerus) 1552–1555 Oil on canvas, 59 x 203 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This is one of seven canvases (P00386, P00388, P00389, P00393, P00394, P00395, P00396) in a group linked by the…