Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Cavalier arabe (Arab Rider) c.1854 Oil on panel, 35 x 26.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The taste for Oriental and exotic themes had spread across France during the 18th century and became more pronounced with the advent of…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Saint George (Exterior Right Wing) c.1514 Oil on panel, 85 x 30.6 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, on loan at the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC) Lucas Cranach the Elder was one of the most important artists…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Exécution de l’Empereur Maximilien du Mexique (The Execution of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico) 1867 Oil on canvas, 48 x 58 cm Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen Photograph of the execution of Maximilian (right) Miramón (center) and Mejía (left). Photograph of…
Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) Retrato de Ramón Gómez de la Serna (Portrait of Ramón Gómez de la Serna) 1915 Oil on canvas, 110.5 x 90.5 cm Museo de Arte Latinoamericano, Buenos Aires This portrait of the writer Ramón Gómez de la Serna,…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ritratto del conte Antonio di Porcia e Brugnera (Portrait of Count Antonio Porcia and Brugnera) 1535–1540 Oil on canvas, 115 x 93 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The painting, signed on the windowsill, portrays the Friulian nobleman Antonio di…
Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Portrait of Lord Donounghmore 1780–1790 Oil on canvas, 126 x 100 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The painting was purchased in London for 2,500 pounds by Ettore Modigliani in 1933 with the proceeds of the Mostra d’Arte…
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Polittico di San Luca (Saint Luke Polyptych) 1453–1454 Tempera on panel, 177 x 230 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano
El Greco (1541-1614) El caballero de la mano en el pecho (The Gentleman with His Hand at His Breast) c.1580 Oil on canvas, 81.8 x 66.1 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This bust-length portrait entered the royal collections as a…
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Aparición de San Isidoro al Rey Fernando el Santo ante los muros de Sevilla (Apparition of Saint Isodoro to Saint King Fernando in front of the walls of Seville) 1798–1800 Oil on canvas, 36.3 x 40.1…
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Ritratto di giovane nobile (Portrait of a young nobleman) 1551 Oil on canvas, 138.4 x 106.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This impressive and engaging portrait of a young nobleman, possibly a member of the…