Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Judith with the head of Holofernes c.1530 Oil on lime, 87.7 × 58.1 × 2.4 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Through courage and cunning, the Old Testament heroine had succeeded in penetrating Holofernes’ tent camp, which had…
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Hamlet et sa mère (Hamlet and His Mother) 1849 Oil on canvas, 27.3 x 18.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This painting depicts the moment in Shakespeare’s epic tragedy Hamlet in which the protagonist, who has been…
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Le Guerrier (The Warrior) c.1770 Oil on canvas, 81.5 x 64.5 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Vocazione di San Matteo (The Calling of St Matthew) 1599–1600 Oil on canvas 322 x 340 cm Cappella Contarelli, San Luigi dei Francesi, Roma
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…