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Bernini’s life-sized marble sculpture of “Apollo and Daphne” is regarded as one of his most powerful and emotional works. The work was commissioned in 1622 by Cardinal Scipione Borghese and was initially placed in his villa.

The work illustrates…

This painting is a late work of Reni, demonstrating qualities of rapidity and self-assurance. At that time Reni had abandoned the smooth finish that had been characteristic of his earlier work in favor of a slightly looser and more animated surface.…

This book goes in depth describing many findings about the infamous father and daughter artistic powerhouses- Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi. Orazio and Artemisia were both Italian Baroque painters. Keith Christiansen and Judith Mann explain the…

In the eyes of G. B. Passeri, a contemporary biographer, Guido Reni was "the noblest, most majestic painter who ever lived- not only in my own opinion, but by common consent.” Reni, the most celebrated Italian painter of the seventeenth century, was…

Garrard D., Mary. “The Not-So-Still Lifes of Giovanna Garzoni.” Essay. In "The Immensity of the Universe" in the Art of Giovanna Garzoni, 62-77. Sillabe, 2020. 

Mary D. Garrard's essay within Sheila Barker's catalogue discusses the work of…

This oil on canvas still life painting is the earliest still life with a clear, concrete creation date, and is Galizia's first signed one [1]. Different sources refer to this painting by slightly different names from the most common name used in the…

Sofonisba Anguissola, the artist of the portrait, was born into a financially struggling noble family with six siblings. She was known to utilize her family members as subjects of her early paintings (Murphy 2007). Indeed, the pictured individual is…

Giovanna Garzoni painted this magnificent still-life in 1650, towards the middle/beginning of the latter-half of her career. This painting was originally thought to be created by Jacobo Ligozzi, but is now accurately credited to Garzoni [1]. Art…

Considered one of the most notable late Renaissance masters, Veronese’s Esther and Ahasuerus illustrates both the Old Testament story and his mastery of large-scale compositions set amidst the grandiose backdrop of Venetian architecture [1].…

The Fontana del Tritone stands in the middle of the Piazza Barberini. This fountain takes water from the Acqua Felice in order to create this beautiful and powerful piece of art. The fountain was commissioned by Pope Urban VIII, and was the last…