Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of a Boy c.1655–1660 Oil on canvas, 64.8 x 55.9 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena In its unfinished state, this exceptional picture offers invaluable insight into Rembrandt’s working method. Over the rich, dark ground, the body and…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) A Young Man, perhaps the Artist’s Son Titus c.1668 Oil on canvas, 78.6 x 64.2 cm Dulwich Picture Gallery, London Emerging from the inky darkness of the background, a young man turns to meet the gaze of the…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Titus van Rijn, the Artist’s Son, Reading c.1656–1657 Oil on canvas, 71.5 × 64.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Titus van Rijn was born in 1641 and was the only one of Rembrandt‘s four children and his first wife…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Titus, the Artist’s Son c.1657 Oil on canvas, 68.5 x 57.3 cm Wallace Collection, London Titus van Rijn (1641-68) was the only one of Rembrandt’s four children by his first wife Saskia to survive infancy. A portrait of…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Titus in a Monk’s Habit 1660 Oil on canvas, 79.5 x 67.7 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Rembrandt portrays his 19-year-old son Titus as a Franciscan monk. The rules of the Order prescribe a life of poverty and humility, reflected…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Return of the Prodigal Son c.1668 Oil on canvas, 262 x 205 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg At one moment in his youth Rembrandt depicted himself in one of his many self-portraits as a reveller and spoilt child of…
Guercino (1591-1666) Abramo ripudia Agar e Ismaele (Abraham casting out Hagar and Ishmael) 1657 Oil on canvas, 115 x 154 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Guercino sets the story of Abraham, aged 100, casting out the slave Hagar and their…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Punizione dei ribelli (Punishment of the Rebels) 1480–1482 Fresco, 348.5 x 570 cm Cappella Sistina, Vaticano
Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Dedalo e Icaro (Daedalus and Icarus) 1777–1779 Marble, 182 x 95 cm Museo Correr, Venezia This famous sculpture, his first large one in marble, is the masterpiece of Antonio Canova‘s Venetian youth. It was created for the procurator…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La lecture (The Reading) c.1868 Oil on canvas, 61 x 73.2 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Koelin-Leenhoff, Léon | Manet, Suzanne