Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Il martirio e l’ultima comunione di Santa Lucia (The Martyrdom and Last Communion of Saint Lucy) 1585–1586 Oil on canvas, 139.7 x 173.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington While exposing her breast to the thrust of the dagger…
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Ritratto di una nobildonna e suo figlio (Portrait of a Noblewoman and her Son) 1574 Oil on panel, 110.5 x 87 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Gonzalès, Eva (1849-1883) Le bouquet de violettes (The Bouquet of Violets) c.1877–1878 Pastel on wove paper, 25.1 x 19.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Gonzalès’s sister Jeanne, who was also an artist, probably posed for this scene. Women in the…
Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Personnages dans un intérieur: L’intimité (Figures in an Interior: Intimacy) 1896 Glue-based paint on canvas Petit Palais, Paris Personnages dans un intérieur: Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) La musique 1896 Petit Palais, Paris Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Le choix des livres 1896 Petit…
Gonzalès, Eva (1849-1883) Femme à l’éventail (Lady with a Fan) c.1869–1870 Pastel on paper affixed to board, 37.47 x 45.4 cm Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) The Roses of Heliogabalus 1888 Oil on canvas, 132.7 × 214.4 cm Private collection
Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) Giovanna degli Albizzi Tornabuoni 1489–1490 Mixed media on panel, 77 x 49 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid This superb panel is a fine example of fifteenth-century Florentine portraiture. Artists of the time followed classical dictates: body proportions were idealised while…
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Les hasards heureux de l’escarpolette (The Happy Chances of the Swing) c.1767–1768 Oil on canvas, 81 x 64.2 cm Wallace Collection, London
Carriera, Rosalba (1675-1757) Autoritratto con il ritratto della sorella (Self-Portrait with the Portrait of her Sister) 1715 Pastel on paper, 71 x 57 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Pietro Aretino c.1537 Oil on canvas, 101.9 × 85.7 cm Frick Collection, New York See also: • Aretino, Pietro (1492-1556)