October 2017 – Page 5

For us, it just looks like a painting of a rich moneylender in the city of Antwerp or Bruges, but […]

When her beloved Mark Antony was defeated at the battle of Actium in 31 B.C. Cleopatra committed suicide. Cagnacci made […]

A natural philosopher, the forerunner of the modern scientist, recreates one of Robert Boyle’s air pump experiments, in which a […]

The painting depicts Cossacks writing a reply to the demand of Turkish Sultan Mehmed IV to surrender (around 1670): As […]

As time progresses and death nears we lose our beauty, love, and hope. In this lovely painting, they fight back. […]

he invincible Samson fell in love with beautiful Delilah and told her the secret of his strength; his hair. For […]

In 1876 French critics didn’t like the painting, and it was immediately put in storage until 1892. When it was […]

The French frigate Méduse ran aground off the coast of today’s Mauritania on 2 July 1816. From the c. 147 […]

Bacchus leaps out of his chariot when he sees Ariadne who was left on the shore of the island Naxos […]

El Greco’s (born in Crete as Doménikos Theotokópoulos) view on Toledo is strange. The colour and style of painting make […]