Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Sur la plage à Trouville (On the Beach at Trouville) 1863 Oil on wood, 26.7 × 48.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Boudin, a native of Honfleur, began painting scenes of fashionable beach resorts along…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Lorenzo (St Lawrence) 1636 Oil on canvas, 292 x 225 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Saint Lawrence is a splendid example of the austere laconic style of Francisco Zurbarán, who from 1628 was the chief…
Guercino (1591-1666) L’estasi di San Francesco (The Ecstasy of St. Francis) c.1620–1621 Oil on canvas, 162 x 127 cm Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
Guercino (1591-1666) Cane Aldrovandi (Aldrovandi Dog) c.1625 Oil on canvas, 112 x 173.3 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena Canine portraits appear from the late 16th century forward, as dogs became beloved pets and, for the nobility, status symbols. This life-size…
Guercino (1591-1666) San Luca dipinge la Vergine (St Luke Displaying a Painting of the Virgin) 1652–1653 Oil on canvas, 220.98 x 180.34 cm Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City
Guercino (1591-1666) Semiramide riceve la notizia della rivolta di Babilonia (Semiramis Receiving Word of the Revolt of Babylon) 1624 Oil on canvas, 112.4 x 154.6 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Interrupted at her toilette by news of a revolt,…
Guercino (1591-1666) Riposo nella fuga in Egitto (Rest on the Flight into Egypt) 1624 Oil on canvas, diameter 68.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (called il Guercino) created Rest on the Flight to Egypt as a…