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2. Judith Slaying Holofernes (Artemisia Gentileschi, Naples)

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   [7] At times the painting was popular, mainly due to the grotesque nature of the biblical scene, but also because of the artist's gender. [7] Yet when the painting was sold by Signora Saveria de Simone in 1827, it was sold as a work of Caravaggio. [10] This confusion shows Gentileschi's dedication as a caravagistta.

3. Ophelia (painting) - Wikipedia

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   The painting has been widely referred to and pastiched in art, film, and photography, notably in Laurence Olivier's 1948 film Hamlet, where it formed the basis for the portrayal of Ophelia's death. The sleeve of the 1971 psychedelic folk album Beautiful Lies You Could Live In by Tom Rapp and Pearls Before Swine reproduces the painting. [13]

4. The Birth of Venus - Wikipedia

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   The painting is large, but slightly smaller than the Primavera, and where that is a panel painting, this is on the cheaper support of canvas. Canvas was increasing in popularity, perhaps especially for secular paintings for country villas, which were decorated more simply, cheaply and cheerfully than those for city palazzi , being designed for ...

5. Madonna with the Fish - Wikipedia

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   Madonna of the Fish, known also as Madonna with the Fish is a painting by the High Renaissance master Raphael, dated to 1513-14. It is now in the Museo del Prado, Madrid. Mary sits enthroned with Jesus on her knee. On one side is St. Jerome, dressed as a cardinal, kneeling by his attribute, a lion; he is holding his Vulgate translation of the ...

6. Sistine Madonna - Wikipedia

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   The oil on canvas painting measures 265 cm by 196 cm. [2] In the painting the Madonna, holding Christ Child and flanked by Saint Sixtus and Saint Barbara, stands on clouds before dozens of obscured putti, while two distinctive winged putti rest on their elbows beneath her.

7. Hylas and the Nymphs (painting) - Wikipedia

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   Hylas and the Nymphs is an 1896 oil painting by John William Waterhouse.The painting depicts a moment from the Greek and Roman legend of the tragic youth Hylas, based on accounts by Ovid and other ancient writers, in which the enraptured Hylas is abducted by Naiads (female water nymphs) while seeking drinking water.

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9. The Umbrellas (Renoir) - Wikipedia

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   đầu buồi the painting in about 1880–81, using the loose brushwork with dark and bright tones typical of the Impressionist movement. In about 1885, after losing his attachment to Impressionism and drawing inspiration from classical art he had seen in Italy and the works of Ingres and Cézanne, he reworked parts of the painting, particularly the principal female figure to the left of the ...