Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) La crocifissione (The Crucifixion) 1456–1459 Tempera on poplar, 76 x 96 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Central panel of the predella of the triptych commissioned by the apostolic prothonotary Gregorio Correr for the high altar of the church…
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Parnaso (Parnassus) 4th quarter of the 15th century Tempera on canvas, 159 x 192 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Commissioned during the winter of 1496–1497 by Isabelle d’Este, Marchioness of Mantua (1474-1539) for the decoration of her first studiolo…
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Minerva caccia i vizi dal Giardino delle Virtù (Minerva chasing the Vices from the Garden of Virtue) 4th quarter of the 15th century Tempera on canvas, 160 x 192 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Commissioned by Isabella d’Este,…
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Christ Crowned with Thorns, after Titian 1802 Graphite on paper, 12.8 x 11.4 cm Tate Britain, London Titian’s picture was painted for the church of Sta Maria delle Grazie in Milan, 1540–2. For Turner’s remarks on it,…
Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) La Découverte des Amériques par Christophe Colomb (The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus) 1958–1959 Oil on canvas, 410 x 284 cm Salvador Dalí Museum, St. Petersburg This work is an ambitious homage to Dalí’s Spain. It combines…
Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) Le Roi d’Aragon (King of Aragon) 1973 Etching and mezzotint on paper, 48.3 × 35.6 cm Tate Britain, London Albert Field, The Official Catalog of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dalí, New York 1996, p.80: “King of Aragon…
Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910) Rienzi vowing to obtain Justice 1849 Oil on canvas, 83 x 117 cm National Gallery, London Cola di Rienzo vowing to obtain justice for the death of his young brother, slain in a skirmish between the Colonna…
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Death of Adonis 1639 Oil on wood panel, 34.6 x 52.4 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) La Adoración de los Reyes Magos (The Adoration of the Magi) c.1655–1660 Oil on canvas, 190.8 x 146.1 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Bartolomé Esteban Murillo became the leading painter in devoutly Catholic Seville, Spain, from…
El Greco (1541-1614) La Agonía en el huerto (The Agony in the Garden) c.1590–1595 Oil on canvas, 102.2 x 113.7 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo With his intensely personal style, El Greco (“the Greek”) is one of the most original…