Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Apoteosi dei Medici (Apotheosis of the Medici) early 1680s Oil on canvas, 139 x 65.2 cm National Gallery, London This modello, or detailed oil study, is one of a group of 12 paintings – ten of which are in…
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Omaggio a Velázquez (A Homage to Velázquez) c.1692–1700 Oil on canvas, 205.2 x 182.2 cm National Gallery, London The title of this painting originates from the idea that the man seated in the centre represents Diego Velázquez at the…
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) La fuga in Egitto (The Flight into Egypt) 1701 Oil on canvas, 61.5 x 48.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In 1692 Giordano was summoned to Spain as court painter to King Charles II. Charles was succeeded in…
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Annunciazione (The Annunciation) 1672 Oil on canvas, 236.5 x 169.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Giordano was the leading painter in Naples in the late seventeenth century and one of the most sought-after Italian artists of…
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Diana ed Endimione (Diana and Endymion) c.1675–1680 Oil on canvas, 149.2 x 164 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Adorazione dei Magi (Adoration of the Magi) c.1683–1685 Oil on canvas, 190 x 122.5 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Trasfigurazione di Cristo (Transfiguration of Christ) 1685 Oil on canvas, 240 x 320 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Ratto di Europa (The Rape of Europa) c.1570 Oil on canvas glued to oak panel, 59.5 x 70 cm National Gallery, London The story of the Rape of Europa is told in Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Mercury is ordered by his…
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Allegorie dell’amore: L’unione felice (Four Allegories of Love: Happy Union) c.1575 Oil on canvas, 187.4 x 186.7 cm National Gallery, London This is one of a series of four paintings by Veronese that concern the trials and rewards of…
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,…