Fine Art

Testa di Giovanni Battista — Storia e analisi

Su richiesta della sua figliastra Salomè, Erode ordinò la decapitazione di Giovanni Battista. Le fu dato il suo capo su un vassoio. Questo tema macabro – spesso chiamato Johannes in disco (Giovanni su un piatto) – è rappresentato qui.

Tuttavia, il vassoio è assente. L'alabastro pallido come la morte, la bocca aperta e la lingua e le orbite oculari infossate rinforzano il crudo realismo.

Altre opere di Unknown Artist

La Città Ideale

La Città Ideale

Unknown Artist

A knight in full armor rides a horse through a rocky landscape accompanied by a skeletal figure holding an hourglass, a horned creature, and a running dog.

Cavaliere, Morte e Diavolo

Unknown Artist

Shiva Nataraja bronze sculpture by unknown artist in anandatandava pose

Shiva Nataraja

Unknown Artist

Dolls’ house of Petronella Oortman, paint, unknown artist

Casa delle bambole di Petronella Oortman

Unknown Artist

Bronze sculpture of Shiva Nataraja by unknown artist

Shiva Nataraja

Unknown Artist

Portrait of Elizabeth I, Queen of England, oil on panel by Unknown Artist

Ritratto di Elisabetta I, Regina d'Inghilterra

Unknown Artist

Gold folio by Mansur depicting a red-headed vulture and long-billed vulture

“Avvoltoio dal capo rosso e avvoltoio dal becco lungo”, foglio dall'Album di Shah Jahan

Unknown Artist

Ukiyo-e gold by Unknown Artist depicting a serene figure holding a fan.

Il racconto di Genji

Unknown Artist

Cong, a jade decorative piece by Unknown Artist

Cong

Unknown Artist

Ukiyo-e artwork featuring delicate figures and intricate gold patterns by Unknown Artist

Il racconto di Genji

Unknown Artist

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Più arte di Religioso

A triptych showing a lush garden with nude figures and animals on the left, a vibrant central panel of nude humans and fantastical creatures, and a dark, fiery hellscape with tortured figures on the right.

Il giardino delle delizie

Hieronymus Bosch

Father embraces his son in an etching by Rembrandt van Rijn

Il ritorno del figliol prodigo

Rembrandt van Rijn

A young woman in a red dress and blue mantle sits on a rock with two children, one holding a small bird, set against a landscape of hills and trees.

La Madonna del Cardellino

Raphael

Rembrandt's 'The Crucifixion' depicts a dramatic moment in a religious context.

La Crocifissione

Rembrandt van Rijn

Rubens' depiction of Christ on the Cross with Mary, Mary Magdalene, and St John in a moment of profound grief.

Cristo in Croce con Maria, Maria Maddalena e San Giovanni

Peter Paul Rubens

A muscular female figure in an orange robe twists her body holding a massive open book above her head, with a young attendant seated behind her.

Sibilla libica

Michelangelo

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