Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) La lecture (The Reading) c.1857 Oil on panel, 27 x 35 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
La lecture (c.1857)
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The Egyptian Widow (1872)
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) The Egyptian Widow 1872 Oil on panel, 74.9 × 99.1 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam The Frisian artist Alma-Tadema was a great success in England, where he was even knighted. His representations of ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman scenes made…
Pietà (c.1603)
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Pietà c.1603 Oil on copper, 41.3 x 60.7 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Overwhelmed by her helplessness and pain, Mary holds her dead son in her lap. Pale colours and the pathos of marbles by Michelangelo and from antiquity…
San Sebastiano curato da Sant’Irene (1628)
Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) San Sebastiano curato da Sant’Irene (St Sebastian Cured by St Irene) 1628 Oil on canvas, 156.5 x 188 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Jusepe de Ribera lived the greater part of his life in Naples, which at…
Triptych August 1972 (1972)
Bacon, Francis (1909-1992) Triptych August 1972 1972 Oil paint and sand on 3 canvases, each: 198.1 × 147.3 cm Tate Britain, London © Estate of Francis Bacon This work is generally considered one in a series of Black Triptychs which followed the suicide…
Madonna col Bambino, San Giuseppe e San Giovanni Battista (early 1520s)
Pontormo (1494-1557) Madonna col Bambino, San Giuseppe e San Giovanni Battista (Madonna and Child with St Joseph and St John the Baptist) Early 1520s Oil on canvas transferred from panel, 120 x 98.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Among the celebrated…
San Sebastiano (1493-1494)
Perugino (c.1446-1523) San Sebastiano (St Sebastian) 1493–1494 Tempera, oil on linden panel, 53.8 x 39.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Sebastian was a Roman soldier who served in the private guard of the Emperor Diocletian. For his faith in the teachings…
Madonna delle Grazie (1st half of the 16th century)
Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Madonna delle Grazie (Our Lady of Grace) 1st half of the 16th century Oil on canvas Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Napoléon en Egypte (1863)
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Napoléon en Egypte (Napoleon in Egypt) 1863 Oil on panel, 21 x 33 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg General Bonaparte with his Headquarters in Egypt. A Sketch. Compare: Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Napoléon en Egypte 1867–1868 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton …
Pink and Gold: The Neapolitan (1897)
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) Pink and Gold: The Neapolitan 1897 Oil on canvas, 50 x 31 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Carmen Rossi, the sitter of this small portrait, was an Italian girl who posed for Whistler as a child and…