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Tête de la Grande Odalisque

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Tête de la Grande Odalisque (Head of the Grande Odalisque) 19th Century Oil on canvas, diameter 44 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts, Cambrai Compare: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) La grande odalisque 1814 Musée du Louvre, Paris…

La grande odalisque (1814)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Une odalisque, dite La grande odalisque (An Odalisque, called The Great Odalisque) 1814 Oil on canvas, 91 x 162 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Naked woman, 3/4 face surrounded by a turban tied at the nape…

Oedipe explique l’énigme du sphinx (1808)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Oedipe explique l’énigme du sphinx (Oedipus explains the enigma of the Sphinx) 1808 Oil on canvas, 189 x 144 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Interior of a cave; naked Oedipus standing in profile with one foot…

Le bain turc (1862)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Le bain turc (Turkish bath) 1862 Oil on canvas, 108 × 110 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Circular composition. Naked bathing women from the back, from the front, in profile, in three/quarter view, sitting, standing, dancing……

Desnudo sentado (1930)

Siqueiros, David Alfaro (1896-1974) Desnudo sentado (Seated Nude) 1930 Lithograph printed in black ink on wove paper, 54.3 × 32.1 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit

Donna con mandolino (1755-1760)

Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Donna con mandolino (Woman with a Mandolin) 1755–1760 Oil on canvas, 93.7 × 75 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Tiepolo‘s work reflects the culmination of the baroque tradition in Venice. In this painting the artist celebrated the…

Santa Maria Maddalena (c.1620)

Gentileschi, Artemisia (1593-c.1653) Santa Maria Maddalena (St. Mary Magdalene) c.1620 Oil on canvas, 146.5 x 108 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze Mary Magdalen was a much-loved subject both by painters and the public because she represented the ideal model of the…

Visione di san Girolamo (1526-1527)

Parmigianino (1503-1540) Visione di san Girolamo (Vision of Saint Jerome) 1526–1527 Oil on poplar, 342.9 x 148.6 cm National Gallery, London This altarpiece is the greatest work that Parmigianino painted in Rome. It was commissioned by Maria Bufolina for a burial…