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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…

Le jardinier (1882-1883)

Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Le jardinier (The Gardener) 1882–1883 Oil on wood, 15.9 x 24.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Although Seurat is best known for his scenes of urban life, many of his paintings of 1881–84 depict rural…

Vue de la Seine (1882-1883)

Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Vue de la Seine (View of the Seine) 1882–1883 Oil on wood, 15.9 x 24.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York At the beginning of Seurat’s career he made about seventy oil studies on small wood…