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Nu assis (c.1897)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Nu assis (Seated Nude) c.1897 Oil on canvas, 40.1 x 33.8 cm Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester

San Giovanni Battista (c.1517)

Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) San Giovanni Battista (Saint John the Baptist) c.1517 Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 71 x 50 cm Worcester Art Museum, Worcester Compare: Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) San Giovanni Battista c.1523 Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze    

La Toilette de Vénus (1751)

Boucher, François (1703-1770) La Toilette de Vénus (The Toilette of Venus) 1751 Oil on canvas, 108.3 x 85.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Boucher executed this painting for Madame de Pompadour, the powerful, official mistress of Louis XV and…

Giuditta e Oloferne (c.1554)

Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) Giuditta e Oloferne (Judith and Holofernes) c.1554 Oil on panel, 108 x 79.7 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis This biblical heroine’s strong arms and angled shoulders create lively diagonal lines that enhance her exaggerated musculature. Judith…

Danae (c.1612)

Gentileschi, Artemisia (1593-c.1653) Danae c.1612 Oil on copper, 41.3 × 52.7 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Artemisia Gentileschi excelled at capturing textures, as seen in this reclining figure’s golden hair, the lush fabrics, and metal coins that fall on…

Ecce Homo (c.1570-1576)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ecce Homo (Christ Shown to the People) c.1570–1576 Oil on canvas, 109.2 x 94.8 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis By the glow of a blazing torchlight, Pontius Pilate, the Roman ruler of ancient Judea, presents Jesus to…

Chaim Soutine (1918)

Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Chaim Soutine 1918 Oil on canvas, 91.7 x 59.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Born in 1884 to an aristocratic family in Livorno, Italy, Amedeo Modigliani settled in the Montmartre neighborhood of Paris in 1906 and began…