Gentileschi, Artemisia (1593-c.1653) Giuditta decapita Oloferne (Judith beheading Holofernes) c.1620 Oil on canvas, 146.5 x 108 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Giuditta decapita Oloferne (c.1620)
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Ecce Homo (c.1525-1530)
Correggio (c.1489-1534) Ecce Homo (Christ presented to the People) c.1525–1530 Oil on poplar, 99.7 x 80 cm National Gallery, London Correggio shows Christ bound and crowned with thorns at the moment when he is condemned to be crucified by Pontius Pilate.…
Marat Assassiné (1793)
David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825) Marat Assassiné (Marat Assassinated) 1793 Oil on canvas, 165 x 128 cm Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels See also: • Marat, Jean-Paul (1743-1793)
Testa di giovane ridente (c.1585)
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Testa di giovane ridente (Head of a Laughing Youth) c.1585 Oil on paper on canvas, 44.5 × 29.5 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma The painting, mentioned as ‘Buffoon laughing’, has been part of the Borghese collection since 1693 and…
Susanna e i vecchioni (1604)
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Susanna e i vecchioni (Susanna and the Elders) 1604 Oil on panel, 56.8 x 86.1 cm Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Roma This is the “Casta Susanna with the two old men” on a panel by Annibale Carracci described by…
Madonna delle ciliegie (c.1516-1518)
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Madonna delle ciliegie (Cherry Madonna) c.1516–1518 Oil transferred from canvas to wood, 81.6 × 100.2 × 1.1 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna On the left St. Joseph, on the right St. John the Boy and St. Zacharias. Similar to the…
Crucifixion of Christ (c.1500-1501)
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Crucifixion of Christ c.1500–1501 Oil on lime, 58.5 × 45 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The small-format panel, which was probably used for private devotion, dates from Cranach‘s first known creative period, which the artist spent in…
Disparate de bestia (1816-1824)
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Disparate de bestia (Animal Folly) 1816–1824 (published 1877) Etching and aquatint on paper, 24.6 x 35.6 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
Arabes en voyage (1855)
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Arabes en voyage (Arabs Traveling) 1855 Oil on canvas, 54.1 x 65.1 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
La mort de Sardanapale (1844)
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) La mort de Sardanapale (The Death of Sardanapalus) 1844 Oil on canvas, 73.7 × 92.6 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia The subject of this painting was inspired by Lord Byron‘s dramatic poem of 1821 about the life of an…