Caravaggio | Maddalena in pianto / Magdalene Grieving, 1605-1606

According to some research, "Magdalene grieving" (1605-1606), would be a preliminary study for the character of one of the most famous works of the Lombard master conserved at the Musée du Louvre "The death of the Virgin" (1601-1605).

Commissioned in 1601 for the church of Santa Maria della Scala in Rome, The Death of the Virgin (c. 1601-1606) could not have been finished before 1605-1606.

After being refused by the monks, who found it unworthy of the church, it was replaced by a work on the same subject painted by Carlo Saraceni.

A work of light and shadow

The composition is arranged around the Virgin, the painting's central theme. The compact mass of the assemblage and the posturing of the figures guide the viewer's eye toward the abandoned body. The theatrical drape of blood-red cloth heightens the scene's dramatic effect. The painter makes use of the nuances of light and shadow to model the volumes of the objects, figures, and clothing.

Maya Green, 1957

Maya Green -born Maya Greenblat, is a Ukrainian-Jewish contemporary painter, graphic artist, illustrator and sculptor.

"I have been an artist my whole life.

Originally, i was born and raised in Ukraine and I first developed my love of art there. Since my childhood, I have been intrigued with the patterning of light and the interaction of color.

I studied at the School of Art in Ukraine.

Caspar David Friedrich | Pittore Romantico

Caspar David Friedrich fu un artista prolifico che produsse più di 500 opere.

Conformandosi con gli ideali romantici dell'epoca, il pittore intese i propri dipinti come pure deposizioni estetiche, quindi evitava accuratamente di assegnare titoli troppo prolissi o evocativi.

Infatti, è probabile che le opere con titoli più descrittivi, come accade ne Le tre età dell'uomo, siano state ribattezzate in occasione del successo postumo di Friedrich.

Friedrich Von Amerling (1803-1887)

Friedrich von Amerling è stato un pittore Austriaco.

Ritrattista, fu pittore di corte di Francesco Giuseppe d'Austria dal 1835-1880. È considerato, con Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, il più grande ritrattista austriaco del XIX secolo.

Friedrich von Amerling fu figlio dell'orafo Franz Amerling e di Theresia Kargl.

Dal 1815-1824 frequentò l'Accademia di belle arti di Vienna e successivamente l'Accademia a Praga, fino al 1826.

Tra il 1827-1828 soggiornò quindi a Londra, dove venne influenzato dal ritrattista Sir Thomas Lawrence.

Successivamente visitò Parigi e Roma, per fare ritorno a Vienna, dove iniziò a lavorare per la corte e per le classi aristocratica e media austriache.

Johan Christian Dahl | Eruption of the Volcano Vesuvius, 1821

Johan Christian Claussen Dahl (24 February 1788 - 14 October 1857), often known as J. C. Dahl or I. C. Dahl, was a Norwegian artist who is considered the first great romantic painter in Norway, the founder of the "golden age" of Norwegian painting, and one of the greatest European artists of all time.

He is often described as "the father of Norwegian landscape painting" and is regarded as the first Norwegian painter ever to reach a level of artistic accomplishment comparable to that attained by the greatest European artists of his day.

He was also the first to acquire genuine fame and cultural renown abroad.

Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675)

It is believed Vermeer produced a total of fewer than 50 paintings, of which 34 have survived.

Only three Vermeer paintings were dated by the artist: The Procuress (1656; Gemäldegalerie, Dresden); The Astronomer (1668; Musée du Louvre, Paris); and The Geographer (1669; Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt).

Vermeer's mother-in-law, Maria Thins, owned Dirck van Baburen's 1622 oil on canvas The Procuress (or a copy of it), which appears in the background of two of Vermeer's paintings.

Il realismo romantico di Benedetto Lotti

Benedetto (Betto) Lotti (1894-1977) è stato un pittore ed incisore italiano, appartenente al movimento artistico del Novecento.

Benedetto (Betto) Lotti era figlio di Vincenzo, professore di disegno, preside e pittore, e di Vittoria dei Marchesi Curlo, entrambi liguri.

L’incarico statale del padre costringe la famiglia a numerosi spostamenti e ciò obbliga il giovane a frequentare gli istituti scolastici in diverse importanti città italiane.