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Venere adornata dalle Grazie (c.1590-1595)

Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Venere adornata dalle Grazie (Venus Adorned by the Graces) c.1590–1595 Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 133 x 170.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In the left half of this horizontal painting, a bare-chested, seated woman, Venus, is…

The Lawrence Tree (1929)

O’Keeffe, Georgia (1887-1986) The Lawrence Tree (D.H. Lawrence Pine Tree) 1929 Oil on canvas, 78.7 x 101.6 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Curatorial Narrative: O’Keeffe found endless beauty and inspiration in nature, from coastlines in the Northeast to the desert in the Southwest.…

Betrayal of Christ (c.1618-1620)

Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Betrayal of Christ c.1618–1620 Oil on canvas, 141.92 x 113.3 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Compare: Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) The Betrayal of Christ c.1618–1620 Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol    

The Betrayal of Christ (c.1618-1620)

Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) The Betrayal of Christ c.1618–1620 Oil on canvas, 265.6 x 221.6 cm Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol Compare: Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Betrayal of Christ c.1618–1620 Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis    

Death and the Miser (c.1485-1490)

Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516) Death and the Miser c.1485–1490 Oil on panel, 93 x 31 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A naked man with ghostly white skin sits upright in a canopied bed set in a narrow room in this tall,…

Allegoria della Virtù e del Vizio (1505)

Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Allegoria della Virtù e del Vizio (Allegory of Virtue and Vice) 1505 Oil on panel, 56.5 x 42.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Set on a strip of land under a cloud-filled sky and in front of…

San Sebastiano (1653)

Guercino (1591-1666) San Sebastiano (Saint Sebastian) 1653 Oil on canvas, 253 x 169 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze Work of the Bolognese school artist Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, known as Guercino, the painting depicts St Sebastian, officer of the Praetorian Guard of…