Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) San Diego salva il ragazzo addormentato nel forno (Saint Didacus saves the sleeping boy in the oven) 1604–1605 Fresco transferred to canvas, 132 x 208 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The paintings in the chapel paid for by the…
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Madonna del Silenzio (Madonna and Sleeping Child with the Infant St John the Baptist) c.1599–1600 Oil on canvas, 51.2 x 68.4 cm Royal Collection, Hampton Court Palace, London
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Mercure et Argus (Mercury and Argus) c.1761–1762 Oil on canvas, 59 × 73 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) Alpha and Omega 1908–1909 Lithograph on paper, 25.8 × 46.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
El Greco (1541-1614) La Sagrada Familia con Santa Ana y San Juanito (The Holy Family with Saint Anne and the Infant John the Baptist) c.1595–1600 Oil on canvas, 53.2 x 34.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A young woman sitting…
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Le Berceau (The cradle) 1872 Oil on canvas, 56 x 46.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Morisot, Edma (1839-1921)
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Le Repos (Rest) 1879 Oil on fabric, 164.5 x 117.8 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland One of the most celebrated academic painters of his time, Bouguereau underscores the moral virtues of the Italian peasants in this painting…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Riposo durante la Fuga in Egitto (Rest on the Flight into Egypt) 1597 Oil on canvas, 135.5 x 166.5 cm Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Roma The “Rest” is a masterpiece of extraordinary beauty and exceptional communicative immediacy by the young…
Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) Sueño causado por el vuelo de una abeja alrededor de una granada un segundo antes del despertar (Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee around a Pomegranate a Second before Waking) 1944 Oil on panel, 51…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Nu couché sur canapé rose (Reclining nude on a pink couch) 1919 Oil on canvas, 33.3 × 41.2 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne