Guercino (1591-1666) Papa Gregorio XV (Pope Gregory XV) c.1622–1623 Oil on canvas, 133.7 × 98.4 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called il Guercino or simply Guercino, meaning “The Squinter”, a nickname referring to a congenital eye condition from which…
Raffaello (1483-1520) Studio per la ‘Madonna del Pesce’ (Study for the ‘Madonna del Pesce’) c.1512–1514 Brush and brown wash heightened with white over black chalk on paper, 25.80 x 21.30 cm Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh This drawing shows a very…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Jeune fille en rose dans un paysage (Young girl in pink in a landscape) c.1903 Oil on canvas, 39.5 x 31.5 cm Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Madonna col Bambino in un paesaggio con Tobiolo e l’angelo (Madonna and Child in a Landscape with Tobias and the Angel) c.1535–1540 Oil on panel, 85.2 x 120.3 x 1.7 cm Royal Collection, Buckingham Palace, London This painting was described by…
Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) La Manucure (The Manicure) 1897 Oil on board, 33.5 x 30 cm Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton Like his friend Bonnard, Vuillard was a founder member of Les Nabis. Les Nabis were influenced by Gauguin‘s ideas on Synthetism –…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Ragazzo che monda un frutto (Boy Peeling Fruit) c.1592–1593 Oil on canvas, 65 × 52 cm Private collection This painting has being owned by Sir Joshua Reynolds in the late 18th century. Compare: Caravaggio (1571-1610) Ragazzo che monda un frutto…
Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) Melancholy (The Reinhardt Frieze) 1906–1907 Tempera on canvas, 87 x 156 cm Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin In 1906, Munch was commissioned by the Berlin theatre director Max Reinhardt to create a picture frieze for a hall on the upper…
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Cristo e la Samaritana (Christ and the Samaritan) c.1585 Oil on canvas, 143.5 × 288.3 × 3.2 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The Gospel according to St. John reflects the thoughtful dialogue between Christ and the (non-Jewish) woman from Samaria…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Venere che benda Amore (Venus Blindfolding Cupid) c.1560–1565 Oil on canvas, 118 x 185 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma In all likelihood, this painting entered the Borghese Collection in 1608, when it was given to Scipione Borghese by Cardinal Paolo Emilio…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Adorazione dei Magi (Adoration of the Magi) c.1557–1560 Oil on canvas, 223 × 120 cm Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milano Painted around 1559–60, the painting has much in common with Titian’s mature works. The rendering of the sky is interesting, for the…