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Cristo in casa di Simone il fariseo (1544)

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…

Berthe Morisot dessinant, avec sa fille (1888)

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…

Deposizione di Cristo nel sepolcro (c.1480)

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…

Riposo nella fuga in Egitto (c.1626-1628)

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…

Cristo che porta la croce (c.1605-1607)

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…

El almuerzo (c.1617)

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,…