Jacopo TINTORETTO ROBUSTI, The Visitation [La Visitazione] unknown
Jacopo TINTORETTO ROBUSTI, The Visitation [La Visitazione] unknown
This religious drama typifies the arrival of Mannerism in Venice with its heightened colour and uninhibited figures in a... Read more
26 Nov 2007
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1min
Lorenzo LOTTO, Altarpiece of the Annunciation to the Virgin [L'Annunciazione] c.1535
Lorenzo LOTTO, Altarpiece of the Annunciation to the Virgin [L'Annunciazione] c.1535
Lotto was a restless traveller who absorbed many influences but left many letters and records. Here is a miraculous stor... Read more
26 Nov 2007
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26 Nov 2007
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Angelo CAROSELLI, Rest on the flight into Egypt [Riposo nella fuga in Egitto] c.1640-50
Angelo CAROSELLI, Rest on the flight into Egypt [Riposo nella fuga in Egitto] c.1640-50
Travelling to Egypt to escape the wrath of Herod, the Holy family is seen resting beside a stream. Joseph is in the back... Read more
26 Nov 2007
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MORETTO, Madonna and Child [Madonna con Bambino] unknown
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Moretto, from Brescia, was one of the most distinguished Renaissance painters of the16th century. He was influenced by b... Read more
26 Nov 2007
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Gianlorenzo BERNINI, Bust of Pope Clement X [Busto di Clemente X] c.1676
Gianlorenzo BERNINI, Bust of Pope Clement X [Busto di Clemente X] c.1676
Bernini was the greatest Baroque sculptor of the 17th century. He admired the carving of Michelangelo, the classicism of... Read more
26 Nov 2007
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1min
Tiziano TITIAN VECELLIO, Sacred conversation: Mother and Child, St Catherine [Sacra Conversazione: Madonna con Bambino e i Santi Caterina e Domenico con il donatore] unknown
Tiziano TITIAN VECELLIO, Sacred conversation: Mother and Child, St Catherine [Sacra Conversazione: Madonna con Bambino e i Santi Caterina e Domenico con il donatore] unknown
The Virgin, holding the Christ child, and St Catherine are sumptuously clothed in their heavenly space. In stark contras... Read more
26 Nov 2007
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1min
Giambattista TIEPOLO, Time unveiling truth [Il Tempo scropre la Verita] c.1743
Giambattista TIEPOLO, Time unveiling truth [Il Tempo scropre la Verita] c.1743
Time with a scythe to cut short time unveils Truth who holds the sun in her left hand while old Lies tumbles from a clou... Read more
26 Nov 2007
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Rosso FIORENTINO, Moses defending the daughters of Jethro [Mos-difende le Figlie di letro] unknown
Rosso FIORENTINO, Moses defending the daughters of Jethro [Mos-difende le Figlie di letro] unknown
This artist developed Florentine Mannerism, influenced by Michelangelo. Figures are muscular and in inventive poses, com... Read more
26 Nov 2007
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1min
Michelangelo CARAVAGGIO, Narcissus [Narciso] c.1595
Michelangelo CARAVAGGIO, Narcissus [Narciso] c.1595
Narcissus rejected the love of all, including the love of the nymph Echo and for his cruelty was condemned by the god Ne... Read more
26 Nov 2007
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