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Madonna col Bambino e San Giovannino (c.1515)

Correggio (c.1489-1534) Madonna col Bambino e San Giovannino (Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist) c.1515 Oil on panel, 64.2 × 50.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Correggio spent most of his brief career in the northern Italian…

Tempête en approche (1864)

Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Tempête en approche (Approaching Storm) 1864 Oil on cradled panel, 36.3 × 57.9 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This painting by Eugène Boudin, a Norman painter and Claude Monet’s teacher, exemplifies the artist’s signature style and subject matter…

Bord de mer, Port de Honfleur (c.1860)

Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Bord de mer, Port de Honfleur (Seaside, Port of Honfleur) c.1860 Pastel on blue wove paper, 18.5 × 25.9 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Boudin was a native of Honfleur, one of the most picturesque harbor communes in…

Madonna con Bambino e angelo (1475-1485)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Madonna con Bambino e angelo (Virgin and Child with an Angel) 1475–1485 Tempera on panel, 85.8 × 59.1 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In this humanizing yet idealized depiction of the Virgin Mary embracing the baby Jesus, Sandro…

Madonna col Bambino e due angeli (1485-1495)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Madonna col Bambino e due angeli (Virgin and Child with Two Angels) 1485–1495 Tempera on panel, diameter 34.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Sandro Botticelli’s works mark the culmination of a mystical religious tradition in the art of…

The Day of Judgment (1805)

Blake, William (1757-1827) The Day of Judgment 1805 Pen, ink and watercolor, over graphite, on paper, laid down on tan board, 27.4 × 22.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

Veduta di Pirna con la Fortezza di Sonnenstein (c.1760)

Bellotto, Bernardo (1721–1780) Veduta di Pirna con la Fortezza di Sonnenstein (View of Pirna with the Fortress of Sonnenstein) c.1760 Oil on canvas, 49.3 × 79.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Well trained by his uncle, Canaletto, Bernardo Bellotto quickly established…