Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Hamlet et sa mère (Hamlet and His Mother) 1849 Oil on canvas, 27.3 x 18.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This painting depicts the moment in Shakespeare’s epic tragedy Hamlet in which the protagonist, who has been…
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Othello et Desdémone (Othello and Desdemona) 1847–1849 Oil on canvas, 50.8 x 62.2 cm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Compare: Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Desdemona maudite par son père c.1852 Brooklyn Museum, New York See also: • Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Quand le crime ne donne pas (When Crime Doesn’t Pay) 1848 Lithograph with watercolour on paper, 32 x 24.8 cm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
El Greco (1541-1614) San Francisco y el hermano León meditando sobre la muerte (Saint Francis and Brother Leo Meditating on Death) c.1600–1605 Oil on canvas, 168 x 103.2 cm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Compare: El Greco (1541-1614) San Francisco medita…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Il trionfo di Mardocheo (The Triumph of Mordecai, from “The Book of Esther”) c.1475 Tempera and oil on poplar, 48.3 x 43.2 x 3.5 cm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa These work belonged to a set of six…
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) La deposizione dalla croce (The Descent from the Cross) c.1550 Oil on copperplate, 70 x 54 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Christ’s dead body is taken off the Cross by Joseph of Arimathea, Nicodemus and Saint John the…
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Apollo e Dafne (Apollo and Daphne) 1741 Oil on canvas, 96 x 79 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Compare: Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Apollo insegue Dafne c.1755–1760 National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Ovid (43 BC-17/18 AD): The Metamorphoses (English)
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Bacco e Arianna (Bacchus and Ariadne) c.1743–1745 Oil on canvas, 214 × 232.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) San Rocco portato in cielo dagli angeli (Saint Roch Carried to Heaven by Angels) c.1735–1745 Oil on canvas, 41.4 x 33.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le fils prodigue (The Prodigal Son) c.1879 Oil on linen, 106.5 x 146.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Compare: Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le fils prodigue 1879 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Puvis de…