Perugino (c.1446-1523) Crocifissione (Crucifixion) c.1482–1485 Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 101.5 x 56.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Pietro Vannucci, called Perugino after the city in which he often lived, collaborated with other celebrated painters in one of the most…
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) Tebaide (Thebaid) c.1420 Tempera on panel, 75 x 207 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) L’âge d’or (The Golden Age) 1862 Oil on paper mounted on panel, 46.4 x 61.9 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Jupiter et Antiope (Jupiter and Antiope) 1851 Oil on canvas, 32.5 x 43.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) Leisure Hours 1864 Oil on canvas, 88.9 × 118.1 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Anne and Marion Pender were the daughters of Sir John Pender, a wealthy textile merchant from Glasgow. The girls’ identical red velvet…
Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Vue du Crotoy en amont (View of Le Crotoy from Upstream) 1889 Oil on canvas, 70.5 × 86.7 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Seurat‘s unique style of painting (called pointillism, divisionism, or neo-impressionism) was based on scientific…
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) The Leader Sea Piece 1809 Etching and mezzotint printed in brown ink on wove paper, 17.5 × 25.7 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit
Correggio (c.1489-1534) Giove e Io (Jupiter and Io) c.1530 Oil on canvas, 162 × 73.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Jupiter fell in love with Io, the beautiful daughter of the river god. The shy nymph wanted to flee, but the god…
Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) La Baigneuse (The Bather) 1846–1848 Oil on wood, 18.5 x 24.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) Le Repos de Diane (Diana Resting) c.1845 Oil on canvas, 40.64 x 33.02 cm Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles