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Il trionfo di Mardocheo (c.1475)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Il trionfo di Mardocheo (The Triumph of Mordecai, from “The Book of Esther”) c.1475 Tempera and oil on poplar, 48.3 x 43.2 x 3.5 cm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa These work belonged to a set of six…

Self-portrait (1498)

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Self-portrait 1498 Oil on panel, 52 x 41 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid In the same year that he published the Apocalipsis cum figuris, Dürer painted himself as a gentleman, dressed in light toned clothes and looking his…

La deposizione dalla croce (c.1550)

Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) La deposizione dalla croce (The Descent from the Cross) c.1550 Oil on copperplate, 70 x 54 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Christ’s dead body is taken off the Cross by Joseph of Arimathea, Nicodemus and Saint John the…

Apollo e Dafne (1741)

Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Apollo e Dafne (Apollo and Daphne) 1741 Oil on canvas, 96 x 79 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Compare: Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Apollo insegue Dafne c.1755–1760 National Gallery of Art, Washington     See also: • Ovid (43 BC-17/18 AD): The Metamorphoses (English)

Apollo insegue Dafne (c.1755-1760)

Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Apollo insegue Dafne (Apollo Pursuing Daphne) c.1755–1760 Oil on canvas, 68.5 x 87 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Throughout his career Tiepolo painted small pictures of mythological themes, which proved extremely popular. The subjects of these works…