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Charity (1540)

Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Charity 1540 Oil on canvas, 50 x 34 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp

Nu assis (1917)

Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Nu assis (Sitting Nude) 1917 Oil on canvas, 114.5 × 71.5 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp

Ritratto di Papa Paolo III (1545-1546)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ritratto di Papa Paolo III (Portrait of Pope Paul III) 1545–1546 Oil on canvas, 98 x 79 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Compare: Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ritratto di papa Paolo III a capo scoperto c.1543 Museo di Capodimonte, Napoli     See also:…

Ritratto di papa Paolo III a capo scoperto (c.1543)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ritratto di papa Paolo III a capo scoperto (Portrait of Pope Paul III without Cap) c.1543 Oil on canvas, 106 x 85 cm Museo di Capodimonte, Napoli Compare: Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ritratto di Papa Paolo III 1545–1546 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg    …

Venere allo specchio (c.1555)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Venere allo specchio (Venus with a Mirror) c.1555 Oil on canvas, 124.5 x 105.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Titian’s goddess of love and beauty conjures the sense of touch. Observing her flushed cheek, one can almost feel its…

Isabella Brant (1621)

Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Isabella Brant 1621 Oil on canvas, 153 x 120 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Isabella Brant was the first wife of the Antwerp master Peter Paul Rubens, whom she married shortly after his return from Italy…

Charity (c.1627-1628)

Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Charity c.1627–1628 Oil on oak, 148.2 x 107.5 cm National Gallery, London In his first letter to the Corinthians, Saint Paul outlines the importance of faith, hope and charity, naming charity as the greatest of the three.…

La Vergine e il Bambino in trono (c.1440-1444)

Domenico Veneziano (c.1410-1461) La Vergine e il Bambino in trono (The Virgin and Child Enthroned) c.1440–1444 Fresco, transferred to canvas, 241 x 120.5 cm National Gallery, London This is the central part of a fresco which was once flanked by two standing…

Il gusto (c.1614-1616)

Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) Il gusto (The Sense of Taste) c.1614–1616 Oil on canvas, 113.8 x 88.3 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford This jolly, somewhat ragged figure is an embodiment of the sense of taste, and perhaps also an allusion to the sin…