Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) The Four Rivers of Paradise c.1615 Oil on canvas, 208 × 283 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna According to the conventional interpretation, the four continents are depicted here as female allegoric figures paired with the gods of their…
Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Le Triomphe de Silène (The Triumph of Silenus) c.1636 Oil on canvas, 142.9 × 120.5 cm National Gallery, London This playful scene celebrates Silenus, companion to Bacchus, the Roman god of wine and drunkenness. Silenus, a naked old…
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Tigre qui boit (Tiger Drinking) 1853–1855 Oil on compressed board, 25.3 x 39.6 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Chasse au tigre (Tiger Hunt) c.1895 Oil on canvas, 38 x 46 cm Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus
Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) The Temptation in the Garden of Eden c.1600 Oil on oak panel, 84 × 71.3 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London Compare: Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) The Garden of Eden c.1610–1612 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) Paradise Landscape with the Animals Entering Noah’s Ark c.1613–1615 Oil on oak, 61 × 90.2 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) La dernière prière des martyrs chrétiens (The Christian Martyrs’ Last Prayer) 1883 Oil on canvas, 87.9 x 150.1 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore William T. Walters commissioned this painting in 1863, but the artist did not deliver it until…
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Tigresse et ses petits (Tiger and Cubs) c.1884 Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 91.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Gérôme attributed the success of his animal paintings to his early studies at the menagerie of the…
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Tigre aux aguets (Tiger on the Watch) c.1888 Oil on canvas, 63.5 x 90.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) La douleur du pacha (The Grief of the Pasha) 1885 Oil on canvas, 92.71 x 73.66 cm Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha