Brueghel, Pieter the Younger (1564-1638) The Rape of Proserpina 16th–17th century Oil on panel, 43 x 64 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid
The Rape of Proserpina (16th-17th century)
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San Girolamo penitente (1556-1561)
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) San Girolamo penitente (Penitent Saint Jerome) 1556–1561 Oil on canvas, 235 x 125 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The painting was made for the altar of Santa Maria Nuova, in Venice, around the mid-1550s; it arrived in Brera…
Portrait of Lord Donounghmore (1780-1790)
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…
Pan and Syrinx (1617)
Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) Pan and Syrinx 1617 Oil on panel, 33 x 43 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano
Village (1607)
Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) Village 1607 Oil on copper, 21 x 32 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano
Veduta di Villa Perabò poi Melzi a Gazzada (1744)
Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780) Veduta di Villa Perabò poi Melzi a Gazzada (View of Villa Perabò later Villa Melzi at Gazzada) 1744 Oil on canvas, 64.5 x 98.5 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The two canvases were acquired for Brera from…
Veduta di Gazzada (1744)
Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780) Veduta di Gazzada (View of Gazzada) 1744 Oil on canvas, 64.5 x 98.5 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The two canvases were acquired for Brera from the antique dealer Alessandro Brison and immediately became one of the…
Madonna con il Bambino (1510)
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Madonna con il Bambino (Madonna and Child) 1510 Oil on canvas, 85 x 115 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The Madonna and Child, dated 1510, is the latest of the works by Bellini in Brera. When he…
Pietà (c.1460)
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Pietà c.1460 Tempera on panel, 86 x 107 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The panel, dated to the years between 1465 and 1470, marks an evident emancipation of the artist from the influence of Andrea Mantegna, to…
Baccanale: un fauno preso in giro da bambini (1616-1617)
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Baccanale: un fauno preso in giro da bambini (Bacchanal: A Faun Teased by Children) c.1616–1617 Marble, 132.4 x 73.7 x 47.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The complex composition of intertwined figures, skillfully carved…