Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Flora c.1517 Oil on canvas, 79.7 x 63.5 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze A young woman emerges from the brown background of the painting, holding out a bouquet of spring flowers, consisting of violets, rosebuds and jasmine. She is dressed…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Autoritratto (Self-Portrait) c.1562 Oil on canvas, 86 x 65 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Titian painted his first self-portrait before leaving for Rome in 1545. However, it was after his Roman stay that he showed the most interest in disseminating…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Amor sacro e amor profano (Sacred and Profane Love) 1515–1516 Oil on canvas, 118 x 278 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma This work was probably sold to Scipione Borghese in 1608 by Cardinal Paolo Emilio Sfondrati. A veritable interpretative enigma, critics…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Venere di Urbino (Venus of Urbino) 1538 Oil on canvas, 119 x 165 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze This is one of Titian’s most famous works and it depicts the emblematic figure of a young bride about to be dressed…
(c.1488–1576) Tiziano Vecellio di Gregorio The artist’s works: Adorazione dei Magi 1500s Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Adorazione di Gesù Bambino c.1506 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Jacopo Pesaro presentato a san Pietro da papa Alessandro VI 1506–1510 Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp…
Established: 1897 Address: Hertford House, Manchester Square, London W1U 3BN Website: https://www.wallacecollection.org/ Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See…
Established: 1750 Opened: 1817 Address: Campo della Carità, Dorsoduro 1050, Venezia, Italia Website: https://gallerieaccademia.it/ Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y…
(1780–1867) The artist’s works: Statue dite “Bacchus Richelieu” 1793 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Autoportrait à l’âge de 24 ans 1804 Musée Condé, Chantilly Napoléon Bonaparte, Premier Consul 1804 Grand Curtius, Liège La Baigneuse de Valpinçon 1808 Musée du Louvre, Paris Oedipe…
Founded: 1861 Address: 180 St Kilda Rd, VIC 3006, Melbourne, Australia Website: https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/ Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Olympia 1863 Oil on canvas, 130.5 x 191 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris With Olympia, Manet reworked the traditional theme of the female nude, using a strong, uncompromising technique. Both the subject matter and its depiction explain the scandal…