Tag: Velázquez

Omaggio a Velázquez (c.1692-1700)

Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Omaggio a Velázquez (A Homage to Velázquez) c.1692–1700 Oil on canvas, 205.2 x 182.2 cm National Gallery, London The title of this painting originates from the idea that the man seated in the centre represents Diego Velázquez at the…

Luca Giordano

(1634–1705) known as Fa Presto (‘does it quickly’) The artist’s works: Mendicante c.1650 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna San Bartolomeo nel martirio c.1650 Museo de Bellas Artes, Valencia Il sacrificio di Isacco c.1653 Museo del Prado, Madrid Quattro donne che fanno musica 1658–1660 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam La…

Venere e Adone (c.1580)

Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Venere e Adone (Venus and Adonis) c.1580 Oil on canvas, 162 × 191 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Like its pair, Cephalus and Procris (Strasbourg Museum, inv. 634, oil on canvas, 162 x 185 cm), this canvas illustrates a…

Ovid

(43 BC-17/18 AD) Publius Ovidius Naso Works: • Ars Amatoria; or, The Art Of Love (English) • Fasti (Latin) • Metamorfóseos o Transformaciones, Tomo 1 (Spanish) • Metamorfóseos o Transformaciones, Tomo 2 (Spanish) • Metamorfóseos o Transformaciones, Tomo 3 (Spanish) •…

Sir John Everett Millais

(1829–1896) Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Baronet, RA The artist’s works: Aeneas Shown the Body of Pallas 1843 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Sketch for The Woodman’s Daughter 1850 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Mariana 1851 Tate Britain, London Ophelia 1851–1852 Tate Britain, London…