Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Study of a Man’s Head c.1616–1619 Oil on oak, 55 × 42 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Study of a Man’s Head (c.1616-1619)
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San Girolamo (c.1620)
Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) San Girolamo (Saint Jerome) c.1620 Oil on canvas, 123.5 × 95.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
A Man (c.1435)
Campin, Robert (c.1378-1444) A Man c.1435 Oil with egg tempera on oak, 40.7 x 28.1 cm National Gallery, London This striking portrait of a man in a red hat forms a pair with Campin’s A Woman – the sitters were clearly husband…
Honoré Daumier (1856-1858)
Nadar (1820-1910) Honoré Daumier 1856–1858 Salted paper print, 24.4 x 17.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington This portrait of the renowned caricaturist and painter Honoré Daumier was possibly not a commissioned work, but the result of a voluntary engagement with a…
La vecchia (c.1502-1508)
Giorgione (c.1477-1510) La vecchia (The Old Woman) c.1502–1508 Oil on canvas, 68 x 59 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia
Apostle Judas Thaddeus (c.1619-1621)
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Apostle Judas Thaddeus 1619–1621 Oil on oak, 61.4 × 49.7 × 2 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The so-called Böhler series of 13 busts depicting Christ and the 12 apostles (only two of them in the KHM) dates…
Testa di santo con tonsura senza barba (c.1440-1444)
Domenico Veneziano (c.1410-1461) Testa di santo con tonsura senza barba (Head of a Tonsured, Beardless Saint) c.1440–1444 Fresco, transferred to tile, 43 x 35.5 cm National Gallery, London This is a fragment of a fresco of a full-length standing figure of a…
Monaco che tiene una croce (c.1445-1448)
Domenico Veneziano (c.1410-1461) Monaco che tiene una croce (Monk holding a Cross) c.1445–1448 Tempera on panel. 69 x 44 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Almost nothing is known about the early years and training of Domenico Veneziano, an enigmatic artist of the…
Issione (1632)
Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) Issione (Ixion) 1632 Oil on canvas, 220 × 301 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The father of the race of centaurs, Ixion was punished by madness for murdering his father-in-law. After he was pardoned he attempted to supplant…
Tizio (1632)
Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) Tizio (Tityus) 1632 Oil on canvas, 227 × 301 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Tityus, the son of Jupiter and Elara, appears chained to the boulder in Tartarus while an eagle eternally devours his liver. The Giant received…