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San Francesco in estasi (c.1475-1480)

Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) San Francesco in estasi (St Francis in Ecstasy) c.1475–1480 Oil on panel, 124.1 × 140.5 cm Frick Collection, New York Details of Giovanni Bellini’s birth and early life remain largely unknown. He grew up in Venice, his likely…

Bacco fanciullo (1505-1510)

Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Bacco fanciullo (The Infant Bacchus) 1505–1510 Oil on panel transferred to panel, 50.1 x 39 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington

Il festino degli dei (1514)

Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Il festino degli dei (The Feast of the Gods) 1514 Oil on canvas, 170 x 188 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Completed by his disciple, Titian, in 1529 Titian‘s landscape to the left of the painting. Six…

La Maison de La Crau (1888)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) La Maison de La Crau (The Old Mill) (F 550, JH 1577) 1888 Oil on canvas, 64.77 x 53.975 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo In February 1888, Vincent van Gogh left the cold, dreary winter in…

Landscape with the Flight into Egypt (1563)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Landscape with the Flight into Egypt 1563 Oil on panel, 37.1 x 55.6 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London In this captivating work, Pieter Bruegel depicts the biblical story of the Virgin Mary, Joseph and their infant son…

Two Chained Monkeys (1562)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Two Chained Monkeys 1562 Oil on oak panel, 19.9 x 23.3 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin SHELFMARK / INSCRIPTION: Inscription lower left: • BRVEGEL • MDLXII • This unusual picture dates from the year 1562, shortly before Bruegel…

Naval Battle in the Gulf of Naples (c.1551-1553)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Naval Battle in the Gulf of Naples c.1551–1553 Oil on panel, 42.2 x 71.2 cm Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Roma The extraordinary panel shows the port of Naples, in which a naval battle, probably invented, takes place.…

The Peasant and the Nest Robber (1568)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Peasant and the Nest Robber 1568 Oil on oak, 59.3 × 68.4 × 0.7 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscribed at lower left (in gold colour): BRVEGEL M.D.LXVIII The depiction is traditionally linked with the proverb…