#Italian art

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Eugene von Blaas - The curious one (1897)

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Mattia Preti (Italian, 1613-1699) St. Sebastian, ca.1656-57 Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Napoli Sebastian was a Roman centurion, who was discovered to be a Christian and was sentenced to death by Emperor Diocletian. He was bound to a stake and shot with arrows. He was left for dead, although the arrows had not killed him and he was eventually stoned to death. The story is taken from the 'Golden Legend'.

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Giovanni Boldini (Italian, 1842-1931), Portrait of a man seated in a church, early 20th century. Watercolour, 44.9 x 45 cm.

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Sergio Sarri — Interior (Study for The Inhuman) [acrylic, canvas, 1988]

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Decorative panels by Giovanni Segantini

◇ Rotondo di friori, c. 1882

◇ Rotondo di frutta, c. 1882

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Title: Girl with Cherries Artist: attributed to Marco d'Oggiono (Italian, ca. 1470-ca. 1540) Date: 1490s (?) Genre: portraiture Period: Renaissance (Quattrocento) Medium: oil on panel Dimensions: 49 cm (19.2 in) high x 38 cm (14.9 in) wide Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY, USA

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Francesco Zuccarelli (Italian, 1702-1788)

Paesaggio con rovine e figure

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Allegory of Peace and War

Artist: Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (Italian, 1708–1787)

Date: 1776

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States

Description

Pompeo Batoni’s grand portraits and numerous religious and historical commissions established him as the leading Roman painter of his day. He painted Peace and War on his own initiative, without a commission, attracting critical praise for the work’s graceful invention. It combines elements of Rococo softness and eroticism with the newly fashionable Neoclassical style. War, represented by the god Mars, is restrained by a personification of peace, who bears an olive branch.

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Pierre-Charles Comte, The secret rendezvous

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Alfonso Simonetti - And she never returned (19e siècle)

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Aldo Pagliacci (Italian, 1913 - 1991)

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Parrying Dagger Italian, ca. 1550–75

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𝐏𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐞

𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐨 𝐓𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐨

𝟏𝟓𝟗𝟖-𝟏𝟔𝟎𝟐

𝐎𝐢𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐯𝐚𝐬

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Basilica Reale Pontificia San Francesco da Paola by viaggiatore_con_borsello.

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Elements of a suit of armor (steel, gold, and copper alloy) for a light cavalryman, made in Milan, Italy, ca. 1510, but decorated with fluted surfaces "in the German fashion" (alla Tedesca). The band on the breastplate depicts the Virgin and Child in the center, flanked by St. Paul (right) and St. George (left). The gorget (collar) bears a representation of the Trinity.

There are two Latin inscriptions on the armor. The first, on the breastplate, reads CRISTVS RES (i.e. REX) VENIT IN PACE ET DEVS HOMO FACTVS ES: "Christ the King came in peace, and God was made human". The second, across the top of the backplate, is a slightly modified version of the Vulgate text of Luke 4:30: IESVS AVTEM TRANSIENS PERMEDIVM IL[L]ORVM IBAT ("But Jesus, passing through the midst of them, departed").

This suit of armor is now in the Arms and Armor collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY, USA. Photo credit: Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Samson and the Lion

Artist: Francesco Hayez (Italian, 1791–1882) 

Date: 1842

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Galleria d'arte Moderna, Florence, Italy

Samson was the last of the judges of the ancient Israelites mentioned in the Book of Judges (chapters 13 to 16) and one of the last leaders who “judged” Israel before the institution of the monarchy.

The biblical account states that Samson was a Nazirite and that he was given immense strength to aid him against his enemies and allow him to perform superhuman feats, including slaying a lion with his bare hands and massacring a Philistine army with a donkey’s jawbone after offending groomsmen at his wedding to one. The cutting of Samson’s long hair would violate his Nazirite vow and nullify his ability.

Samson is betrayed by his lover Delilah, who, sent by Philistine officials to entice him, orders a servant to cut his hair while he is sleeping and turns him over to the Philistines, who gouge out his eyes and force him to mill grain at Gaza City. While there, his hair begins to grow again. When the Philistines take Samson into their temple of Dagon, Samson asks to rest against one of the support pillars. After being granted permission, he prays to God and miraculously recovers his strength, allowing him to bring down the columns – collapsing the temple and killing both himself and the Philistines.

Samson and the Lion

“Samson went down to Timnah together with his father and mother. As they approached the vineyards of Timnah, suddenly a young lion came roaring toward him. The Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him so that he tore the lion apart with his bare hands as he might have torn a young goat. But he told neither his father nor his mother what he had done.” Judges 14:5-6 (New International Version)