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Vittore Carpaccio (Italian, ca. 1465-1525 / 26), Natività della Vergine (Nativity of the Virgin), ca. 1502-1504; oil on canvas, 127 x 129 cm; Accademia Carrara, Bergamo “Whilst working in Venice on paintings for the Scuola degli Schiavoni, Carpaccio
Renato Guttuso (Italian, 1911-1987), La Battaglia di Ponte dell'Ammiraglio (The Battle of Ponte dell’Ammiraglio), 1951/52; oil on canvas, 321 x 521 cm; Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917), The Millinery Shop, about 1879-1886; oil on canvas, 100 x 110.7 cm; Art Institute of Chicago “ […] In an early version of the composition, the woman is clearly intended to be a customer; she wears a fashionable
Claudio Coello (Spanish, 1642-1693), The Triumph of Saint Augustine, 1664; oil on canvas, 271 x 203 cm; Museo del Prado, Madrid
Domenico Gnoli (Italian, 1933-1970); Curl cioè ricciolo, 1965; acrylic and sand on canvas; private collection, Panama © MARZIA GNOLI, ROMA
yesmaybe: The Yellow Curtain, c. 1915Henri Matisse
lionofchaeronea:Job, unknown artist of the Spanish School (Seville?), ca. 1618-30 noli me condemnare
thunderstruck9:Peter Brook (British, 1927-2009), June. Oil on canvas, 20 x 28 in.
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530), Giuseppe interpreta i sogni del Faraone (Joseph interprets the Dream of Pharaoh), ca. 1515-16; oil on board, 98 x 135 cm; Galleria Palatina, Florence
jagkanbliintetal:Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973), Nature morte au crâne de taureau [Still-Life with Bull’s Skull], 1942. Oil on canvas, 65.3 x 80 cm.
climacus:Giovanni Lanfranco (Terenzo, Parma, 1582 - Roma 1647); Giuseppe e la moglie di Putifarre (Joseph and Potiphar’s wife), 1615 (?); oil on canvas, 101 x 157 cm; Galleria Borghese, Roma
poboh:Gabbia bianca e foglie / White cage and leaves, 1940-1941, Renato Guttuso. (1911 - 1987)
Dirck Jacobsz (Dutch, 1497-1567), Portrait of a Woman, around 1530; oil on panel, 43 x 33 cm; Musée de Beaux-Arts et d’Archéologie de Besançon
Guido Reni (Italian, 1575-1642), Giuseppe con la moglie di Putifarre (Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife), about 1630; oil on canvas, 126.4 x 170 cm; The J. Paul Getty Museum
canforasoap: asininescent: Eschilo Gozzano (Italian, born 1975), Living Statue (2019), oil paint and pencil on inkjet print “considera, tu che guardi la Living Statue con occhio critico, la formidabile difficoltà di aggiungere dei peli dove prima
Max Ernst (German, 1891-1976), The Weatherman (1950), oil on canvas. Ca’ Pesaro, Galleria internazionale d’arte moderna, Venice
Barthel (also Bartholomäus) Bruyn the Elder (German, 1493-1555), Portrait of Elisabeth Bellinghausen, 1538-39; oil on panel, 34.5 x 24 cm. Mauritshuis, The Hague
lionofchaeronea:The Vale, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, between 1855 and 1860
lionofchaeronea:Democritus, Hendrik ter Brugghen, 1628
desjolieschoses:Laura Knight, Bathing, c.1912.
canforasoap:John Graham (American, born Ukraine, 1886-1961), Two Sisters, 1944. Oil, enamel, pencil, charcoal, and casein on composition board, 121.4 x 121.8 cm; Moma, New York
Pieter de Hooch (Dutch, 1629- 1684), Card Players in a sunlit Room, 1658; oil on canvas, 77.3 x 67.3 cm; Royal Collection, Buckingham Palace “In the right-hand corner of a room with a wooden ceiling and a tiled floor a young lady and a gentleman are
thunderstruck9:Alessandro Papetti (Italian, b. 1958), Porto di Genova [Port of Genoa], 2008. Oil on canvas, 120 x 200 cm.
vcrfl:Pieter van Anraedt: Still Life With Earthenware Jug, 1658.
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530), Madonna della scala (Madonna of the Stairway), ca.1522-23; oil on board, 177 x 135 cm; Museo del Prado, Madrid
thisblueboy:Giovanni Lanfranco (Parma 1582-1647 Rome), Liberation of Saint Peter, about 1620-21, Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama
desimonewayland: Albrecht Dürer Drapery Study circa 1503 Brush and India ink with white highlights on dark green prepared paper Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon
thunderstruck9: Georges Braque (French, 1882-1963), The Bowl of Grapes, 1926. Oil with pebbles and sand on fine linen canvas, 80.8 x 100 cm. via thusreluctant
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), Porteuses de fruits à l'anse Turin, 1887; oil on canvas, 46 x 61 cm; private collection“Gauguin’s Martinique paintings were a precursor to his later Tahiti works, presenting something of an idealized vision of a colorful,
“The Crucifixion, with the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist Mourning,” c. 1460, by Rogier van der Weyden
masterpiecedaily: Frans Hals Portrait of a Standing Woman 1643-45
thunderstruck9:Charles Sheeler (American, 1883-1965), Still life with water jug, 1955. Gouache and tempera on paper laid on canvas, 55 x 46 cm.
thunderstruck9: Georges Mathieu (French, 1921-2012), Tenth Avenue, 1957. Oil on canvas, 183 x 122 cm. via theegoist
kutxx: 1. Giuseppe Maria Crespi Apotheosis of Hercules and the Four Seasons 1700, fresco, Palazzo Pepoli Campogrande, Bologna
thunderstruck9:Romare Bearden (American, 1911-1988), Empress of the Blues, 1974. Acrylic and pencil on paper and printed paper on paperboard, 36 x 48 in.
Edward Bawden (English, 1903-1989), The Bird’s Nest, 1951; watercolour and ink on paper
emeticanemesi:Keith Haring (American, 1958-1990), Apocalypse: one plate (1988), screenprint in colours, 96.5 x 96.5 cm
Lavinia Fontana (1552-1614), Portrait of a Lady with a dog, 1690s; oil on canvas, 89.5 x 62 cm; private collection“The present picture was painted when Fontana was at the height of her success in Bologna. The women of Bologna’s ruling elite, a collection
Gerrit (also Gerard) van Honthorst (Dutch, 1592-1656), Venus and Cupid, 1625; oil on canvas, 114 x 94 cm; Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem
thunderstruck9:Patrick Heron (English, 1920-1999), Harbour window in mirror, St. Ives, 1952. Pencil, watercolour, wash and gouache, 14½ x 11 in.
drawpaintprint:Henri Matisse: The Piano Lesson (1916)
massmoca:“The Secret Lives of Books” by Jena Priebe. Bibliothecaphilia now on view at MASS MoCA.
Hans Baldung (called Hans Baldung ‘Grien’, German, ca. 1484-1545), Madonna with Child and parrots, 1533; oil or tempera on lime panel, 91.5 x 63.3; Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg
missfolly: The Temptation of Saint Anthony Master of Girard (last half of the 1400s) Note the woman’s feet. A hint the devil is disguised as a lovely woman.
masterpiecedaily: Giovanni Bellini Frari Triptych 1488
Tiziano Vecellio (1485/90-1576), Ecce Homo, 1543; oil on canvas, 242 x 361 cm; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
lionofchaeronea:Jesus Mocked by the Soldiers, Édouard Manet, 1865
Franciabigio (ca. 1482- 1525), Portrait of a Knight of Rhodes, 1514; oil on panel, 60.3 x 45.7 cm; National Gallery, London
Diego Velazquez (Seville 1599-1660 Madrid), The Waterseller, ca. 1622, Apsley House, The Wellington Collection, London
poboh:Il raduno delle statue / The gathering of the statues, Salvatore Fiume. Italian (1915 - 1997) - Oil on Masonite -
classic-art: Christ Crowned with Thorns and The Mourning Virgin Adriaen Isenbrant, c. 1530-1540
colin-vian: Mark Rothko, Light, Eart and Blue, 1954, Oil on canvas, 191,5 x 170,2 cm, Private collection
magictransistor:Jan van Eyck, Last Judgement (Right panel of the diptic entitled Crucifixion and Last Judgement), ca. 1430.
amare-habeo:Gustave De Smet (Belgian, 1877 - 1943) - Port of Ostende, 1925
athousandwinds: St. Joseph with the Infant Jesus, 1620s, oil on canvas by Guido Reni, Italian, 1575-1642. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia. Reni’s painting, with the Virgin Mary resting in the background, is most likely that of the Holy Family’s
Vilhelm Hammershøi (Danish, 1864-1916), Portrait of a young woman (the artist’s sister Anna Hammershøi), 1885; oil on canvas, 112 x 91.5 cm; The Hirschsprung Collection
amare-habeo: Adolph von Menzel (German, 1815 - 1905) Moonlight over the Friedrichsgracht in the old Berlin (Mondschein über der Friedrichsgracht im alten Berlin), 1850 - 1860
italianartsociety: Bernardino Pinturicchio died on 11 December 1513 in Siena. He was 61. After training in Perugia, Pinturicchio got his start working alongside Pietro Perugino in the Sistine Chapel. This collaboration led to independent commissions in
huariqueje: Nail Beautification Division - Edouard Vuillard 1906 Post-impressionism Édouard Vuillard (1868-1940), Madame Hessel et la manucure, 1906. Kunsthaus Zürich - Zurich Switzerland
lawrenceleemagnuson:Maurice Brianchon (France 1888-1979)Les Tulipes (1953):oil on canvas 92 x 73.5 cm