The 648 Artworks of media Oil On Copper and containing the word george arnald, oil on copper, 1825

A student of Francesco Albani, Cignani retained the Bolognese classicist’s line and bright palette, and inflected them with the delicate, human aspect readily apparent in this depiction of Charity. Perhaps because the subject was so well suited to Cignani, this composition is known in multiple versi...

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This early Italian example of an oil on copper shows the Virgin bestowing the scapular—a small piece of cloth symbolic of the yoke of Christ—on Saint Simon Stock, an English Carmelite monk who allegedly had a vision of this occurrence. Two donors kneel in the left middle distance with Saint Anthony ...

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A shepherd seems to guide his flock of inquisitive sheep from the Italian countryside into the gallery. Castiglione painted historical and religious subjects, such as the Ecstasy of Saint Francis, hung in the adjacent gallery, but his exploration of landscape and animals such as this were particular...

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Fontana was the most famous woman artist of her day, known above all for her portraits. This roundel’s minuscule scale required impressive control and tight paint handling, evident in the protruding veins of the man’s hand, the stitching and lace, and the shadows on the book. She used tiny brushstro...

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Saraceni probably painted this oil on copper soon after his arrival in Rome from Venice around 1598 and in response specifically to Francesco Bassano’s altarpiece representing this subject in the Roman Church of the Gesù. The influence of Venetian artists remains strong in terms of composition, but ...

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