Work by Hungarian painter Sándor Liezen-Mayer (1836-1898). It was painted in 1867 when, despite being only 28 years old, the artist was already a household name in his country, as well as in Germany and Russia. The white skin of … Ler Mais
The Saint’s Dream is a work by Venetian painter Vittore Carpaccio (1465-1525 / 1526). It is part of a series of nine paintings called Legend of Santa Ursula on the life of Saint Ursula, born in Brittany and martyred in Germany … Ler Mais
Sleeping Ariadne, the famous Hellenistic muse, is one of the most famous sculptures of Antiquity, dating from the Roman Emperor Hadrian period (2nd century AD). It is, however, a copy of another sculpture of the Pergamene school of the 2nd … Ler Mais
Girl Asleep (1657) by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) depicts the sleep of a maid, certainly after having served a drink (there are two glasses and two pitchers on the table). A thorough analysis of the work through x-ray detected … Ler Mais
The Sleeping Venus, by Italian Renaissance painter Giorgione (Giorgio da Castelfranco Barbarelli, 1477-1510), is considered by critics one of the starting points for modern art, for depicting a naked woman. The erotic innuendo of the painting, the raised arm of … Ler Mais
This picture, by Italian painter Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510), belonging to Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh, is one of the few works in which the Child Jesus is shown asleep. Painted in 1485, it is considered a deeply melancholic work in which … Ler Mais
Nymph of the Spring, by German painter Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553), depicts a nymph as a seductive woman unveiling. The bow and arrows are attributes of Diana, the mythological goddess of the hunt, which also symbolizes chastity. Game birds … Ler Mais
A Sleeping Odalisque is a work by French painter Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867), best known for his works La Grande Odalisque and Odalisque with Slave and therefore also called the artist of odalisques. This painting, now in Victoria and Albert … Ler Mais
In Le dormeur Téméraire (1928), by Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte, a man sleeps in a wooden cubicle, above a dark cloudy sky. This heavenly space is, however, barred by a structure where a number of objects lie: a bowler … Ler Mais
French Impressionist painter Edgar Degas performed this work during the years between 1883 and 1885, in monotype – an artistic process that produces a single print. Degas (1834-1917) enjoyed this printing process because it gave him greater freedom of improvisation … Ler Mais