In this idealised landscape peasants can be seen resting by the roadside while others go about their business on horseback. At the centre is a ruined tower. The way in which the figures are arranged within the landscape as if on a stage is characteristic ...
The subject may be a fantasy loosely based on the Circe story, a version of which features in the ' Argonautica' of Apollonius Rhodius. According to the story, when Odysseus arrived at the island of Aeaea on his journey home from Troy, Circe invited member ...
This painting depicts a landscape scene in the countryside around Rome, probably near Albano in the South-East of Rome. It is apparently a pendant to Dughet's ' Imaginary Landscape with Buildings in Tivoli' in the Collection. It has been suggested that this ...
This is one of a number of storm scenes which the artist executed. The 19th-century critic Ruskin, who did not like Dughet's paintings, was particularly critical of the tree at the right, calling it a 'violation of the truth'. ...
This painting may be a fanciful representation of the watermill at Quinquengrogne, a site near Charenton on the outskirts of Paris. The mill also appears in other landscapes by Boucher. Figures, buildings & trees are all painted in the same fluent techn ...
This genre scene is set in an Italianate landscape. The site is not specific. The painting has been repainted in places & is to a certain extent damaged, but in spite of its condition it is still considered an original by Zuccarelli. ...
This painting has in the past been titled ' Cattle Grazing. Sunset', & has been identified as a scene on the banks of the river Cure in the Morvan region of Burgundy, eastern France. ...
Procris was accidentally killed by her husband Cephalus. In one version of the story she was brought back to life by the goddess Diana. Here the goddess reconciles the couple & warns them of the dangers of jealousy & unfaithfulness. The story comes from Ovid's ' Metamorphoses' (Book VII) where Diana, goddess of hunting, gave the huntsman Cephalus a magic dog & spear. Ovid's story ends tragically with Cephalus accidentally killing Procris with the spear. The happy ending shown in this painting by Claude is unusual. However, Claude also made a (now lost) picture of the death of Procris. ...
David & his followers stand before the cave of Adullam; three mighty men risk their lives by breaking through the ranks of the Philistines to bring water from the well by the gate of Bethlehem. On their return King David realised that he had risked their lives for a frivolous purpose & offered the water to the Lord. Old Testament (2 Samuel 23: 13-17). The picture was painted in 1658 for Prince Agostino Chigi (1634 - 1705), a nephew of Pope Alexander VII & a captain of the papal guards. A number of preparatory drawings by Claude are known. ...
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The subject is from Genesis 22. Verses 5 and 6 relate that Abraham and his son approached the place of sacrifice alone and that Abraham laid the wood for the burnt offering upon Isaac. It was only on the third day of their journey that Abraham saw the pla
The subject is from Genesis 22. Verses 5 & 6 relate that Abraham & his son approached the place of sacrifice alone & that Abraham laid the wood for the burnt offering upon Isaac. It was only on the third day of their journey that Abraham saw the pla
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