Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Donna con mandolino (Woman with a Mandolin) 1755–1760 Oil on canvas, 93.7 × 75 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Tiepolo‘s work reflects the culmination of the baroque tradition in Venice. In this painting the artist celebrated the…
Parmigianino (1503-1540) Autoritratto entro uno specchio convesso (Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror) c.1523–1524 Oil on panel, diameter 24.4 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna After his arrival in Rome, the young artist gave his self-portrait painted on a curved piece of wood to…
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Testa di giovane ridente (Head of a Laughing Youth) c.1585 Oil on paper on canvas, 44.5 × 29.5 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma The painting, mentioned as ‘Buffoon laughing’, has been part of the Borghese collection since 1693 and…
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Giovane Satiro che raccoglie l’uva (Young Satyr gathering Grapes) 1597–1600 Oil and egg on wood, 54.5 x 88.5 cm National Gallery, London A naked young satyr, just like a little boy but with pointed ears and a curly tail,…
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Marsia e Olimpo (Marsyas and Olympus) 1597–1600 Oil on wood, 34.4 x 84.2 cm National Gallery, London A naked golden-haired youth sits on a rock, playing the panpipes; another set of pipes hangs from the tree behind him.…
Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Portrait of a young merchant 1541 Oil on oak, 46.5 × 34.8 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Holbein created a new style of portraiture that is characterized by monumentality paired with extreme painterly precision. The young businessman…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ninfa e pastore (Nymph and shepherd) c.1570–1575 Oil on canvas, 149.6 × 187 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The theme on which the picture is based has not yet been satisfactorily clarified, but Titian raised it to the mythical level…
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Portrait of a Young Venetian Woman 1505 Spruce, 33 × 24.5 × 2.7 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscribed at the top in the middle with the monogram, dat. 1505 We don’t know who the charming young lady is,…
Bronzino (1503-1572) Testa di donna inclinata, sorridente, occhi bassi (Woman’s head tilted, smiling, eyes downcast) c.1543 Black chalk on paper, 28.8 × 21.6 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Study for the young woman appearing on the far left of the composition…
Claudel, Camille (1864-1943) L’Âge Mûr (Mature Age) c.1902 Bronze group in three parts, 114 x 163 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris