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The assigning of symbolic meanings to colors is probably as old as symbolism itself. <br>In fact, words are well adapted for description and the arousing of emotion, but for many kinds of precise thought other symbols are much better. (John B. S. Haldane)
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148 La femme en rouge
Giovanni Battista Moroni (1520–1579) Portrait of a young lady
Giovanni Battista Moroni (1520–1579) Portrait of a young lady
Giovanni Battista Moroni (1520–1579) Portrait of a Young Woman Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Giovanni Battista Moroni (1520–1579) Portrait of a Young Woman Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Giovanni Battista Moroni (1520–1579) Portrait of a Young Woman Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Giovanni Battista Moroni (1520–1579) Queen Esther Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council, Yorkshire
Giovanni Battista Moroni (1520–1579) A Gentleman in Adoration before the Madonna (detail), c.1560
Giovanni Battista Moroni (1520–1579) A Gentleman in Adoration before the Madonna c.1560 National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Jacques Daret (1403–1468) Portrait of Louise of Savoy as Sibylla Agrippa
Lorenzo Lotto (1480-1556) Portrait of Laura da Pola 1544 Pinaco-teca di Brera, Milano
Lorenzo Lotto (1480-1556) Portrait of Laura da Pola 1544 Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano
Lorenzo Lotto (1480-1556) Portrait of Laura da Pola 1544 Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano
Lorenzo Lotto (1480-1556) Saint Catherine, 1522 National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C
Lorenzo Lotto (1480-1556) The Virgin and Child with SS. Roch and Sebastian, The National Gallery of Canada
Lorenzo Lotto (1480-1556) The Virgin and Child with SS. Roch and Sebastian (details)
Maarten van Heemskerck (1498-1574) Momus Criticizes the Gods Creations 1561 Gemäldegalerie, Berlin The gods of Olympus have just finished creating some of the first things in existence. And Momus, front and center, has arrived to critique their show-and-tell. For Momus, you see, was the god of smartasses and critics
Momus is the Greek deity of mockery, faultfinding, scoff and (un)fair criticism. He is also the patron of writers and poets. He found fault with the man made by Hephaestus for not having little doors in his breast through which his secret thoughts might be seen, and with Aphrodite for talking too much and because her sandals creaked (although he could find no fault with her naked body). This and other mocking and criticism of the gods led to his downfall and he was banished from the Olympus.
Maarten van Heemskerck (Dutch, 1498-1574) An Allegory of Innocence and Guile
Maarten van Heemskerck (Dutch, 1498-1574) Portrait Anna Codde Rijksmuseum
Maarten van Heemskerck Portrait Anna Codde details
Maarten van Heemskerck (Dutch, 1498-1574) Portrait of Machtelt Suijs, c. 1540-1545
Maarten van Heemskerck (Dutch, 1498-1574) Portrait of Machtelt Suijs, c. 1540-1545
Maarten van Heemskerck (Dutch, 1498-1574) Portrait of Machtelt Suijs, c. 1540-1545 detail
Maarten van Heemskerck (Dutch, 1498-1574) Portrait of Wilhelmina Pieters dr. Palinc (.... -1567), c. 1545
Maarten van Heemskerck (Dutch, 1498-1574) The Donor and Saint Mary Magdalene The National Gallery London
Maarten van Heemskerck Saint Luke painting the Virgin Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rennes
Maarten van Heemskerck Saint Luke painting the Virgin Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rennes
Maarten van Heemskerck Saint Luke painting the Virgin Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rennes
Maarten van Heemskerck Saint Luke painting the Virgin Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rennes
Maarten van Heemskerck (Dutch, 1498-1574) St. Luke portrays the Madonna Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem
Maarten van Heemskerck (Dutch, 1498-1574) St. Luke portrays the Madonna fragment
Maarten van Heemskerck (Dutch, 1498-1574) Ecce Homo altar 1544
Maarten van Heemskerck (Dutch, 1498-1574) Ecce Homo altar 1544 details
Ferdinand de Braekeleer (1792-1883) Rubens at his easel Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent
Heinrich Friedrich Füger (German, 1751–1818) Death of Dido Hermitage, St. Petersburg
Heinrich Friedrich Füger German, 1751–1818) Execution of a vestal virgin, Hermitage, St. Petersburg
Heinrich Friedrich Füger German, 1751–1818) Execution of a vestal virgin (fragment) The punishment for violating the oath of celibacy was to be buried alive in the Campus Sceleratus or "Evil Field" (an underground chamber near the Colline Gate) with a few days of food and water
Heinrich Friedrich Füger (German, 1751–1818) Varvara Golytsyna
Heinrich Friedrich Füger German, 1751–1818) Study for Two Female Figures Praying Heinrich Friedrich Füger Maria z Czartoryskich Wirtemberska
Jacob Spoel (1820-1868) Mrs A J Schmidt-Keiser, 1858 Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Anonymus 1858 Isabella II, Queen of Spain
Alexandre-François Caminade Portrait of Marie Thérèse Charlotte de France, Duchesse d'Angoulême 1827
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