Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Les Deux Majestés (The Two Majesties) 1883 Oil on canvas, 69.22 × 128.91 cm Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee
Les Deux Majestés (1883)
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Adoration of the Magi (c.1494)
Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516) Adoration of the Magi c.1494 Oil on oak panel, 147.4 x 168.6 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Closed: The theme of this triptych is the advent of salvation -a message about the universality of Redemption. The Eucharistic meaning…
Trasfigurazione di Cristo (1685)
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Trasfigurazione di Cristo (Transfiguration of Christ) 1685 Oil on canvas, 240 x 320 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Conversione di san Paolo (c.1527-1528)
Parmigianino (1503-1540) Conversione di san Paolo (The Conversion of St Paul) c.1527–1528 Oil on canvas, 177.5 × 128.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna As the Acts of the Apostles recount, Saul was suddenly surrounded by heavenly light on his way to Damascus, where…
Le Repos de Diane (c.1845)
Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) Le Repos de Diane (Diana Resting) c.1845 Oil on canvas, 40.64 x 33.02 cm Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
Dantis Amor (1860)
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Dantis Amor (Dante’s Love) 1860 Oil on mahogany, 74.9 x 81.3 cm Tate Britain, London «L’amor che move il sole e l’altre stelle.» (Love that moves the sun and the other stars). Dante, Paradiso, XXXIII, v. 145. See also:…
L’Espérance (1842)
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) L’Espérance (Hope) 1842 Oil on canvas, 116.5 × 117 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Circular composition: half-length woman, arms and hands open, white sleeveless tunic under a green drape, face in profile turned to the right. (Louvre)…
Waterloo Bridge, le soleil dans le brouillard (1903)
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Waterloo Bridge, le soleil dans le brouillard (Waterloo Bridge, Sun Through Fog) 1903 Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 100.3 cm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Compare: Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Pont de Waterloo, effet de brouillard 1903 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg…
Rue de l’Hermitage, Pontoise (1875)
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Rue de l’Hermitage, Pontoise 1875 Oil on canvas, 58.4 x 69.9 cm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Compare: Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Rue de l’Hermitage, Pontoise 1873–1875 Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas See also: • Hermitage | Pontoise (France)
En plein soleil (c.1881)
Tissot, James (1836-1902) En plein soleil (In Full Sunlight) c.1881 Oil on wood, 24.8 x 35.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Cascading sunlight illuminates the colorful open parasol and beribboned hats of the group lounging on the grass. This…