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La deposizione dalla croce (c.1550)

Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) La deposizione dalla croce (The Descent from the Cross) c.1550 Oil on copperplate, 70 x 54 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Christ’s dead body is taken off the Cross by Joseph of Arimathea, Nicodemus and Saint John the…

Apollo e Dafne (1741)

Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Apollo e Dafne (Apollo and Daphne) 1741 Oil on canvas, 96 x 79 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Compare: Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Apollo insegue Dafne c.1755–1760 National Gallery of Art, Washington     See also: • Ovid (43 BC-17/18 AD): The Metamorphoses (English)

Apollo insegue Dafne (c.1755-1760)

Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Apollo insegue Dafne (Apollo Pursuing Daphne) c.1755–1760 Oil on canvas, 68.5 x 87 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Throughout his career Tiepolo painted small pictures of mythological themes, which proved extremely popular. The subjects of these works…

Le travail (c.1863)

Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le travail (Work) c.1863 Oil on canvas, 108.5 x 148 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Compare: Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le repos c.1863 National Gallery of Art, Washington    

Le repos (c.1863)

Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le repos (Rest) c.1863 Oil on canvas, 108.5 x 148 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Compare: Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le travail c.1863 National Gallery of Art, Washington    

Mountain Landscape with Bridge (c.1783-1784)

Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Mountain Landscape with Bridge c.1783–1784 Oil on canvas, 113 x 133.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A river winds through forest-green trees and vegetation between rolling hills and mountains extending into the deep distance under a pale,…

Lot and His Daughters (c.1496-1499)

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Lot and His Daughters (reverse) c.1496–1499 Oil on panel, 52.4 x 42.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington This scene is painted on the reverse side of Dürer‘s Madonna and Child. The story of Lot and his daughters…

Tigre et serpent (1862)

Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Tigre et serpent (Tiger and Snake) 1862 Oil on canvas, 33.02 × 41.28 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A crouching tiger to our left bares its fangs at a hissing snake wound around a tree to our…

La Rochelle (1930)

Signac, Paul (1863-1935) La Rochelle 1930 Watercolor over black chalk on paper, 29.7 x 45.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Compare: Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Les Tours Vertes, La Rochelle 1913 Private collection     See also: • La Rochelle (France)