Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Il rapimento di Elena di Troia (The Abduction of Helen of Troy) c.1685–1690 Oil on canvas, 227 x 193.5 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Il rapimento di Elena di Troia (c.1685-1690)
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Testa d’angelo (c.1445-1450)
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) Testa d’angelo (Head of an Angel) c.1445–1450 Tempera and oil on panel, 17.1 x 14 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford This small panel is a portion of an altarpiece depicting the Virgin and Christ Child, now in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.…
Marte e Venere uniti dall’Amore (1570s)
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Marte e Venere uniti dall’Amore (Mars and Venus United by Love) 1570s Oil on canvas, 205.7 x 161 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The love between Mars, the god of war, and Venus, the goddess of…
Natività (c.1473-1475)
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Natività (The Nativity) c.1473–1475 Fresco transferred to canvas, 161.3 x 137.2 cm Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia Sandro Botticelli is arguably the most renowned Renaissance master of the 15th century. The Nativity is not only the sole Botticelli…
Charger with Cupid and Pre-Raphaelite Figure (c.1885)
De Morgan, William (1839-1917) Charger with Cupid and Pre-Raphaelite Figure c.1885 Painted and luster-glazed earthenware Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia
Eos (1895)
Love’s Passing (1883-1884)
De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) Love’s Passing 1883–1884 Oil on canvas, 71.7 x 109.8 cm De Morgan Collection The open book shows a passage from Latin poet Tibullus‘s ‘Elegy‘, where the writer imagines dying in his lover’s arms and considers her grief…
The Hourglass (1904-1905)
De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) The Hourglass 1904–1905 Oil on canvas, 121.2 x 108.2 cm De Morgan Collection
The Angel of Death I (1880)
De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) The Angel of Death I 1880 Oil on canvas, 95 x 112.8 cm De Morgan Collection
Venere e Cupido (1520s)
Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Venere e Cupido (Venus and Cupid) 1520s Oil on canvas, 92.4 x 111.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In his inimitable fashion, in this unique masterpiece Lorenzo Lotto takes one of the most popular subjects of Venetian…