Head of an Old Farmer’s Wife (c.1560-1565) Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Head of an Old Farmer’s Wife c.1560–1565 Oil on oak, 22 x 18.4 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich Such studies of facial expressions, known as tronies, served to capture a fleeting moment of powerful emotion and its… Read more →
Il cavadenti (c. 1609) Caravaggio (1571-1610) Il cavadenti (The Tooth Puller) c.1609 Oil on canvas, 194,5 x 139,5 cm Galleria Palatina, Firenze Read more →
David con la testa di Golia (1607) Caravaggio (1571-1610) David con la testa di Golia (David with the Head of Goliath) 1607 Oil on wood, 90.5 x 116.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Read more →