Caravaggio (1571-1610), Salome with the head of John the Baptist, 1610, National Gallery, London.
Michelangelo (1475-1564), The Creation of Adam, 1508-1512, Sistine Chapel, Vatican.
Donatello (1386-1466), David, c.1420s-1460s, Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence.
The sculpture was originally mounted on a pedastal, with an inscription which read:
“The victor is whoever defends the fatherland.
God crushes the wrath of an enormous foe.
Behold! A boy overcame a great tyrant.
Conquer, o citizens!”
Hiroshige (1797-1858), Owl on a Maple Branch in the Full Moon, 1832.
John William Waterhouse (1849-1917), The Lady of Shalott, 1888, National Gallery, London.
And sometimes thro’ the mirror blue
The knights come riding two and two:
She hath no loyal knight and true,
The Lady of Shalott.
But in her web she still delights
To weave the mirror’s magic sights,
For often thro’ the silent nights
A funeral, with plumes and lights,
And music, went to Camelot:
Or when the moon was overhead,
Came two young lovers lately wed;
“I am half-sick of shadows,” said
The Lady of Shalott.
Lucian Freud (1922-2011),Woman with Eyes Closed, 2002.
Caravaggio (1571-1610), The Taking of Christ, 1602, National Gallery of Ireland.
Georges Seurat (1859-1891), Aman-Jean, 1883, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Henri de Toulouse Lautrec (1864-1901),In Bed The Kiss, 1892, Private Collection.
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Looking forward to a great new year with great art.
John William Waterhouse (1849-1917), The Crystal Ball, 1902.
