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Ritratto di una giovane donna (c.1490-1500)

Lorenzo di Credi (c.1459-1537) Ritratto di una giovane donna (Portrait of a Young Woman) c.1490–1500 Oil on wood, 58.7 x 40 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This damaged but evocative portrait has been identified as the widow of the…

Madonna col Bambino (c.1483-1484)

Lippi, Filippino (1457-1504) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) c.1483–1484 Tempera, oil, and gold on wood, 81.3 x 59.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The Madonna and Child are shown in a contemporary Florentine palace. Through the window is…

Autoportrait (c.1790)

Gros, Antoine-Jean (1771-1835) Autoportrait (Self-Portrait) c.1790 Oil on canvas, 27.3 × 21.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Gros trained with Jacques Louis David, leader of the most prominent atelier in Paris during a tumultuous period marked by Revolution and Empire.…

Le bouquet de violettes (c.1877-1878)

Gonzalès, Eva (1849-1883) Le bouquet de violettes (The Bouquet of Violets) c.1877–1878 Pastel on wove paper, 25.1 x 19.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Gonzalès’s sister Jeanne, who was also an artist, probably posed for this scene. Women in the…

Madonna col Bambino e angeli (c.1410)

Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Madonna col Bambino e angeli (Madonna and Child with Angels) c.1410 Tempera on wood, traces of gold ground, 85.7 x 50.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Although badly damaged, this picture is a rare work…

Repas comique, Banquet des affamés (c.1917-1918)

Ensor, James (1860-1949) Repas comique, Banquet des affamés (Comical Repast, Banquet of the Starved) c.1917–1918 Oil on canvas, 115.6 x 145.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The current title of this painting reflects the two names it was given…

La mort de Socrate (1787)

David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825) La mort de Socrate (The Death of Socrates) 1787 Oil on canvas, 129.5 x 196.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In this landmark of Neoclassical painting from the years immediately preceding the French Revolution, David took up…

Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop’s Grounds (1826)

Constable, John (1776-1837) Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop’s Grounds 1826 Oil on canvas, 88.9 x 112.4 cm Frick Collection, New York Study: Constable, John (1776-1837) Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop’s Grounds c.1825 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York     Compare: Constable, John (1776-1837) Salisbury…

Meditazione sulla passione (c.1490)

Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Meditazione sulla passione (The Meditation on the Passion) c.1490 Oil and tempera on wood, 66.5 × 84.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This remarkable picture is a meditation on death and resurrection. Christ’s dead body is displayed…