Gentileschi, Artemisia (1593-c.1653) Giuditta con la sua ancella (Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes) c.1623–1625 Oil on canvas, 187.2 × 142 × 3.3 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit This impressive composition was made by Artemisia Gentileschi, the…
Gentileschi, Artemisia (1593-c.1653) Giuditta decapita Oloferne (Judith beheading Holofernes) c.1620 Oil on canvas, 146.5 x 108 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Gentileschi, Artemisia (1593-c.1653) Ester e Assuero (Esther before Ahasuerus) 1620s Oil on canvas, 208.3 × 273.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The most famous woman painter of the seventeenth century, Gentileschi worked in Rome, Florence, Venice, and Naples. This…
Correggio (c.1489-1534) Ecce Homo (Christ presented to the People) c.1525–1530 Oil on poplar, 99.7 x 80 cm National Gallery, London Correggio shows Christ bound and crowned with thorns at the moment when he is condemned to be crucified by Pontius Pilate.…
Parmigianino (1503-1540) Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina (Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine) c.1527–1529 Oil on wood, 73 x 58 cm Private collection Compare: Parmigianino (1503-1540) Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina c.1527–1531 National Gallery, London Parmigianino (1503-1540) Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina c.1529…
Parmigianino (1503-1540) Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina (Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine) c.1527–1531 Oil on wood, 74.2 x 57.2 cm National Gallery, London The infant Christ turns to look back at his mother as he places a ring on Saint Catherine’s finger.…
Parmigianino (1503-1540) Visione di san Girolamo (Vision of Saint Jerome) 1526–1527 Oil on poplar, 342.9 x 148.6 cm National Gallery, London This altarpiece is the greatest work that Parmigianino painted in Rome. It was commissioned by Maria Bufolina for a burial…
Parmigianino (1503-1540) Conversione di san Paolo (The Conversion of St Paul) c.1527–1528 Oil on canvas, 177.5 × 128.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna As the Acts of the Apostles recount, Saul was suddenly surrounded by heavenly light on his way to Damascus, where…
Correggio (c.1489-1534) Ratto di Ganimede (Abduction of Ganymede) c.1530 Oil on canvas, 163.5 × 72 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Companion: Correggio (c.1489-1534) Giove e Io c.1530 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Correggio (c.1489-1534) Allegoria del Vizio (Allegory of Vice) c.1531 Tempera on canvas, 14.2 × 85.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Companion: Correggio (c.1489-1534) Allegoria della Virtù c.1531 Musée du Louvre, Paris See also: • Isabella d’Este, Marchesa di Mantova (1474-1539)