Pontormo (1494-1557) Giuseppe venduto a Putifarre (Joseph sold to Potiphar) c.1515 Oil on wood, 61 x 51.6 cm National Gallery, London This picture was commissioned to celebrate Pierfrancesco Borgherini’s marriage to Margherita Accaiuoli in 1515, and formed part of the decoration of…
Pontormo (1494-1557) I fratelli di Giuseppe chiedono aiuto (Joseph’s Brothers beg for Help) c.1515 Oil on wood, 36.3 x 142.5 cm National Gallery, London This picture was commissioned to celebrate the marriage of the banker Pierfrancesco Borgherini to Margherita Accaiuoli in…
Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) Il tatto (The Sense of Touch) c.1615–1616 Oil on canvas, 115.9 x 88.3 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) & Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Tributo a Cesare (Tribute to Caesar) 1520 (first phase); 1582 (second phase) Fresco, 502 × 537 cm Villa Medicea, Poggio a Caiano
Lippi, Filippino (1457-1504) Storia di Lucrezia (The Story of Lucretia) c.1478–1480 Tempera on wood, 42 x 126 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze The painting shows the death of Roman heroine, Lucretia, faithful, modest wife, raped by the king of the last…
De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978) Composizione metafisica (Metaphysical Composition) 1950–1960 Oil on canvas, 60 x 50 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) L’âge d’or (The Golden Age) 1862 Oil on paper mounted on panel, 46.4 x 61.9 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) San Sebastiano (St. Sebastian) c.1457–1459 Oil on poplar, 68 × 30 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Sebastian was the leader of the bodyguard of the Roman emperor Diocletian and was sentenced to death for his Christian faith. The saint…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Parahi Te Marae (The Sacred Mountain) 1892 Oil on canvas, 101 × 82.5 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Compare: Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Parahi te marae c.1892 Fogg Museum, Cambridge See also: • Tahiti (French Polynesia)
Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Esquisse pour l’Hommage à Delacroix (Sketch for the Homage to Delacroix) c.1863 Oil on canvas, 25.5 × 26 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Compare: Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Hommage à Delacroix 1864 Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Delacroix,…