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Ritratto di una giovane donna (c.1490-1500)

Lorenzo di Credi (c.1459-1537) Ritratto di una giovane donna (Portrait of a Young Woman) c.1490–1500 Oil on wood, 58.7 x 40 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This damaged but evocative portrait has been identified as the widow of the…

Portrait de Eva Gonzalès à Dieppe (c.1880)

Guérard-Gonzalès, Jeanne (1852-1924) Portrait de Eva Gonzalès à Dieppe (Portrait of Eva Gonzalès in Dieppe) c.1880 Oil on canvas, 46 x 38 cm Private collection See also: • Dieppe (France) | Gonzalès, Eva (1849-1883)

Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop’s Grounds (1826)

Constable, John (1776-1837) Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop’s Grounds 1826 Oil on canvas, 88.9 x 112.4 cm Frick Collection, New York Study: Constable, John (1776-1837) Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop’s Grounds c.1825 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York     Compare: Constable, John (1776-1837) Salisbury…

Meditazione sulla passione (c.1490)

Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Meditazione sulla passione (The Meditation on the Passion) c.1490 Oil and tempera on wood, 66.5 × 84.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This remarkable picture is a meditation on death and resurrection. Christ’s dead body is displayed…

Pandore (c.1914)

Redon, Odilon (1840-1916) Pandore (Pandora) c.1914 Oil on canvas, 143.5 x 62.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In classical mythology, Pandora was a supremely beautiful woman created by the gods and sent to Earth to live among mortals. Redon…