Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Continence of Scipio 1789 Oil on canvas, 239.5 x 165.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg In 1785 the British diplomat Lord Carysfort was entrusted with a commission to Reynolds for two paintings, one for Catherine the Great of…
Signorelli, Luca (c.1445-1523) Trionfo della Castità e Amore sconfitto (Triumph of Chastity: Love Disarmed and Bound) c.1509 Fresco, detached and mounted on canvas, 125.7 x 133.4 cm National Gallery, London This picture, painted in fresco (directly onto wet plaster), was part…
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Allegorie dell’amore: Il rispetto (Four Allegories of Love: Respect) c.1575 Oil on canvas, 186.1 x 194.3 cm National Gallery, London This is one of a series of four paintings by Veronese that concern the trials and rewards of love,…
(1528–1588) Paolo Caliari, called “il Veronese” The artist’s works: Resurrezione della figlia di Giairo c.1546 Musée du Louvre, Paris Sposalizio mistico di santa Caterina 1547–1548 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Sposalizio mistico di santa Caterina c.1547–1550 Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven Venere disarma…
(c.1445–1523) Luca d’Egidio di Ventura The artist’s works: Testa d’uomo 1480s Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg La Sacra Famiglia c.1487–1488 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze La Sacra Famiglia c.1490–1495 National Gallery, London Madonna col Bambino c.1490 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Sposalizio della Vergine c.1490–1491 National Gallery…
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Scipione l’Africano libera Massiva (Scipio Africanus Freeing Massiva) 1719–1721 Oil on canvas, 279.4 x 487.6 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore See also: • Scipio Africanus, Publius Cornelius (236-183 BC)
(1483–1520) Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino The artist’s works: Resurrezione di Cristo 1499–1502 Museu de Arte, São Paulo Angelo, Pala Baronci 1500–1501 Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo, Brescia Angelo che tiene un filatterio 1500–1501 Musée du Louvre, Paris Eterno Padre e la Vergine…
Raffaello (1483-1520) Il sogno del cavaliere (Vision of a Knight) c.1504 Oil on poplar, 17.1 x 17.3 cm National Gallery, London This painting was inspired by a passage in the Punica, an epic poem by Silius Italicus (AD 25–101) recounting the…
(1696–1770) Giovanni Battista Tiepolo The artist’s works: Teste da un cammeo 1700s Rhode Island School of Design, Providence La regina Zenobia davanti all’imperatore Aureliano c.1717 Museo del Prado, Madrid Scipione l’Africano libera Massiva 1719–1721 Walters Art Museum, Baltimore Madonna col Bambino c.1720–1725…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Continenza di Scipione (Episode from the Life of Publius Cornelius Scipio) after 1506 Oil on canvas, 74.8 x 356.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Scipio Africanus, Publius Cornelius (236-183 BC)