Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) Cristo in casa di Simone il fariseo (Christ in the House of Simon the Pharisee) 1544 Pen, ink, chalk and brush on paper, 55.6 x 41.4 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam This detailed drawing on blue paper is a study…
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Berthe Morisot dessinant, avec sa fille (Berthe Morisot drawing, with her daughter) 1888 Drypoint on paper, 18.9 x 13.8 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Morisot‘s prints were first printed between 1888–1890. A first reprint as a series by Ernst Rouart…
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Deposizione di Cristo nel sepolcro (The Entombment of Christ) c.1480 Partially gilded bronze, silver, 24.4 cm × 44.9 cm × 2 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Attributed to Andrea Mantegna (c.1431-1506). This extraordinary work combines the qualities of painting…
Gentileschi, Orazio (1563-1639) Riposo nella fuga in Egitto (Rest on the Flight into Egypt) c.1626–1628 Oil on canvas, 138.5 × 216 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscribed at lower left: HORATIVS GENTILESHVS FECIT On the run from Herod, the Holy Family rests…
Gentileschi, Orazio (1563-1639) Cristo che porta la croce (Christ Carrying the Cross) c.1605–1607 Oil on canvas, 138.5 × 173 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna When Jesus carried his cross to Golgotha, “women ran behind, weeping and lamenting. And Jesus turned to them…
Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Lapidazione di Santo Stefano (Stoning of Saint Stephen) after 1425 Tempera and gold on panel, 16.5 × 27 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Cristo e la Samaritana al pozzo (Christ and the Samaritan woman at the well) c.1604–1605 Oil on canvas, 60.5 x 146 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) El almuerzo (Luncheon) c.1617 Oil on canvas, 108.5 x 102 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Entered the Hermitage between 1763 and 1796; the collection of Catherine the Great. Diego Velazquez, in whose work Spanish painting reached its zenith,…
Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina (Mystic Marriage of St Catherine) 16th century Oil on panel, 184 x 133 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg