Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le torero mort (The Dead Toreador) probably 1864 Oil on canvas, 75.9 x 153.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington From a low perspective, we look at a man wearing black and white, lying on the ground…
Bronzino (1503-1572) Eleonora di Toledo e il figlio Francesco (Eleanor of Toledo and her son Francesco) c.1549 Oil on panel, 114 x 95 cm Museo Nazionale di Palazzo Reale, Pisa See also: • Eleonora di Toledo (1522-1562) | Francesco I de’ Medici…
Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) Ritratto di Eleonora di Toledo, Duchessa di Firenze c.1560 Fresco Museo di Palazzo Vecchio, Firenze Inspired in: Bronzino (1503-1572) Eleonora di Toledo e il figlio Francesco c.1549 Museo Nazionale di Palazzo Reale, Pisa See also:…
Bronzino (1503-1572) Garzia de’ Medici c.1550 Oil on panel, 48 x 38 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This portrait of García de’ Medici (1547–1562), third son of Cosimo de’ Medici and Leonor de Toledo, is an excellent example of the…
Bronzino (1503-1572) Ritratto di Bia de’ Medici (Portrait of Bia de’ Medici) c.1542 Oil on panel, 64 x 48 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze See also: • Medici, Bia de’ (c.1537-1542)
Bronzino (1503-1572) Eleonora di Toledo 1543 Oil on panel, 59 x 46 cm National Gallery, Prague See also: • Eleonora di Toledo (1522-1562)
Bronzino (1503-1572) Allegoria del trionfo di Venere (An Allegory with Venus and Cupid) c.1545 Oil on wood, 146.1 x 116.2 cm National Gallery, London This is one of Bronzino’s most complex and enigmatic paintings. It contains a tangle of moral…
Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Venere dormiente (Sleeping Venus) c.1508–1510 Oil on canvas, 108.5 x 175 cm Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Felipe IV, orante (Philip IV in prayer) c.1655 Oil on canvas, 209 x 147 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This pair of portraits (P001220 and P001222) combines several aspects of Spanish portraiture of the Baroque period. In…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Felipe IV (Philip IV) 1626–1628 Oil on canvas, 57 x 44 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This is an extraordinary example of the eventful life of many royal portraits during the Siglo de Oro, and it shows…