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La Sieste (1877)

Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) La Sieste (The Nap) 1877 Pastel on paper, 35 x 50 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford

Théodore Duret (1912)

Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Théodore Duret 1912 Oil on cardboard on wood, 95.2 x 74.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington We look slightly down onto a balding, bearded man with pale, peachy skin and wearing a three-piece suit, seated in a…

A Young Man at Prayer (c.1475)

Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) A Young Man at Prayer c.1475 Oil on oak, 39 x 25.4 cm National Gallery, London A pale young man, hands folded in prayer, is engaged in private devotions. The book is presumably a prayer book or a Book…

Ludovico Ariosto (c.1508-1510)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ludovico Ariosto (?) (Potrait of a Man) c.1508–1510 Oil on canvas, 58.72 x 46.02 cm Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Compare: Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ludovico Ariosto (?) c.1510 National Gallery, London     See also: • Ariosto, Ludovico (1474-1533)

Ritratto di giovane con una lettera (1518)

Rosso Fiorentino (1495-1540) Ritratto di giovane con una lettera (Portrait of a Young Man holding a Letter) 1518 Oil on wood, 85.5 x 66.5 cm National Gallery, London A young man glances up at us from the letter he has just been…

Cavaliere di San Giovanni (c.1523-1524)

Rosso Fiorentino (1495-1540) Cavaliere di San Giovanni (A Knight of Saint John) c.1523–1524 Oil on poplar, 96.8 x 76.2 cm National Gallery, London The unknown man in this half-length portrait proudly displays an eight-pointed silver cross suspended from a black cord round…

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…

Ritratto di giovane (c.1517-1518)

Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Ritratto di giovane (Portrait of a Young Man) c.1517–1518 Oil on linen, 72.4 x 57.2 cm National Gallery, London We have interrupted a young man reading; he turns to look over his shoulder at us. The unguarded look…