Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) L’aigle expirant de Waterloo (The Expiring Eagle of Waterloo) c.1902 Gilt bronze mounted on worked granite, 69.2 × 66 × 43.2 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Compare: Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Aigle expirant modeled c.1900 (cast after 1902) Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Flight into Egypt (Flucht nach Ägypten) 1509 Woodcut, 28.8 x 19.4 cm Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim
Ensor, James (1860-1949) Les péchés capitaux dominés par la mort (The deadly sins dominated by death) 1904 Etching on paper, 16 x 24.8 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
Carriera, Rosalba (1675-1757) Giovane donna con un pappagallo (A Young Lady with a Parrot) c.1730 Pastel on paper, mounted on laminated paper board, 60 x 50 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Rosalba Carriera is renowned for the distinction she brought…
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Satiressa con tamburello (Female Satyr with Tambourine) c.1730 Oil on canvas, 59.7 x 95.3 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena Compare: Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Satiressa con una brocca in mano c.1730 Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Satiressa con una brocca in mano (Female Satyr Holding a Ewer) c.1730 Oil on canvas, 59 x 95.3 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena Compare: Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Satiressa con tamburello c.1730 Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Venus Frigida (Cold Venus) 1614 Oil on panel, 143 x 184 x 3.8 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp The title refers to Terence: “sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus” (“without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus freezes”)…
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) The Lamentation over the Dead Christ c.1640 Oil on canvas, 115.5 × 207.5 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp Christ’s dead body is laid out across the entrance to a cave, his head resting on Mary’s…
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Annunciazione (Annunciation) 1578 Oil on canvas, 271 x 541 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Allegoria della battaglia di Lepanto (Allegory of the Battle of Lepanto) 1571 Oil on canvas, 170 x 137 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia