Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Stag Hunt of Elector Frederick the Wise 1529 Oil on lime, 80 × 114 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Among Cranach’s duties as saxon court painter was to preserve important scenes of courtly life in his pictures.…
Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780) Vista di Vienna dal Belvedere (Vienna Viewed from the Belvedere Palace) 1758–1761 Oil on canvas, 135 × 213 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna This view of Vienna from the Upper Belvedere Palace, the summer palace of Prince Eugene of…
Canaletto (1697-1768) La Dogana a Venezia (The Dogana in Venice) c.1724–1730 Oil on canvas, 46 × 63.4 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Across the forecourt of the Dogana (customs office) at the mouth of the Grand Canal, the view goes to the…
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Bruto e Arrunte (Death of consul L. J. Brutus in a duel with Arruns) c.1728–1730 Oil on canvas, 383 × 182 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscription: On the typeface above the ballhorned quote: MVTVO VVLNERE OCCVBVIT ADVLTERVM FERE…
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) San Sebastiano (St. Sebastian) c.1457–1459 Oil on poplar, 68 × 30 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Sebastian was the leader of the bodyguard of the Roman emperor Diocletian and was sentenced to death for his Christian faith. The saint…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Madonna delle ciliegie (Cherry Madonna) c.1516–1518 Oil transferred from canvas to wood, 81.6 × 100.2 × 1.1 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna On the left St. Joseph, on the right St. John the Boy and St. Zacharias. Similar to the…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ninfa e pastore (Nymph and shepherd) c.1570–1575 Oil on canvas, 149.6 × 187 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The theme on which the picture is based has not yet been satisfactorily clarified, but Titian raised it to the mythical level…
Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Landscape in Suffolk c.1748 Oil on canvas, 65 × 95 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna In terms of motif and composition, the landscapes that the young Gainsborough painted in his native Suffolk are indebted to the Dutch landscape art…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Crucifixion of Christ c.1500–1501 Oil on lime, 58.5 × 45 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The small-format panel, which was probably used for private devotion, dates from Cranach‘s first known creative period, which the artist spent in…
Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna del Prato (Madonna of the meadow) 1505–1506 Oil on poplar, 113 × 88.3 × 3.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscription on the hem of Mary’s dress with the year M.d.V. (perhaps also M.D.V.I. to be read) The group,…