Lippi, Filippino (1457-1504) Madonna col Bambino e san Giovannino (The Virgin and Child with Saint John) c.1480 Tempera on poplar, 59.1 x 43.8 cm National Gallery, London At the centre of this painting is the Virgin Mary, who covers almost its entire…
Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) Madonna col bambino (Madonna and Child) c.1475–1480 Tempera on wood, 78.7 x 55.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Bouquet 1916–1917 Oil on canvas, 139.7 x 102.24 cm San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego
Giotto (c.1267-1337) Maestà di Ognissanti (Majesty of All Saints, Madonna and Child Enthroned, Angels and Saints) c.1300–1305 Tempera on wood, gold background, 325 x 204 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Anémones et fleurs de pêcher (Anemones and Peach Blossoms) 1944 Oil on canvas, 55.2 × 64.8 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) La Fenêtre (The Window) 1916 Oil on canvas, 146.1 × 116.8 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Lady Lilith 1867 Watercolor and gouache, 51.3 x 44 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Fascinated by women’s physical allure, Rossetti here imagines a legendary femme fatale as a self-absorbed nineteenth-century beauty who combs her hair…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Infanta Margarita Teresa con vestido rosa (Infanta Margarita Teresa in pink dress) 1654 Oil on canvas, 128 × 99.6 × 3.2 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna See also: • Margarita Teresa de Austria, Holy Roman Empress (1651-1673)
Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) Large bouquet of flowers in a wooden vessel c.1606–1607 Oil on oak, 97.5 × 73 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Derain, André (1880-1954) Deux roses dans un verre (Two Roses in a Glass Vase) c.1927–1928 Oil on canvas, 41.3 x 33 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence