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San Giuseppe e Gesù Bambino (1767-1769)

Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) San Giuseppe e Gesù Bambino (Saint Joseph and the Christ Child) 1767–1769 Oil on canvas, 154 × 111.3 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit This imposing yet tender representation of Saint Joseph gently cradling the infant Jesus in…

Allegoria della Virtù (c.1531)

Correggio (c.1489-1534) Allegoria della Virtù (Allegory of Virtue) c.1531 Tempera on canvas, 14.2 × 85.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Companion: Correggio (c.1489-1534) Allegoria del Vizio c.1531 Musée du Louvre, Paris     See also: • Isabella d’Este, Marchesa di Mantova (1474-1539)

Venere, Adone e Cupido (c.1590)

Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Venere, Adone e Cupido (Venus, Adonis and Cupid) c.1590 Oil on canvas, 212 x 268 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Venus, the Roman goddess of Love and Beauty, is accidentally wounded by one of her son Cupid’s arrows,…

Il ristoro miracoloso (1604-1605)

Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Il ristoro miracoloso (The miraculous refreshment) 1604–1605 Fresco transferred to canvas, 126 x 230.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The paintings in the chapel paid for by the Spanish banker Juan Enríquez de Herrera in the church of Santiago…

Agonia nell’orto (c.1596-1597)

Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Agonia nell’orto (The Agony in the Garden) c.1596–1597 Oil on panel, 39.1 x 30.3 cm Royal Collection, Windsor Castle Against a dark background the figure of Christ kneels, his head turned right towards the figure of an angel in…