“Sacred and Profane Love” was painted around 1514. [[artist:2590|Titian]] painted it for the wedding of a Venetian official, whose coat of arms can be seen on the stone sarcophagus. The name of the painting was given much later. In “Sacred and Profane Love” two beautiful women …
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“Pope Paul III and His Grandsons Alessandro and Ottavio Farnese” was painted in 1546 in Rome. [[artist:2590|Titian]] was invited by the Farnese family and painted the old pope with his two grandsons. In “Pope Paul III and His Grandsons Alessandro and Ottavio Farnese” the old po…
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“Pietà” is the last painting by [[artist:2590|Titian]]. He painted it around 1575–1576 for his own tomb. He died before he could finish it. In “Pietà” the Virgin holds the dead body of Christ in a stone niche. On the left Mary Magdalene cries out in pain. On the right an old ma…
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“Assumption of the Virgin” was painted in 1516–1518 for the Basilica dei Frari in Venice. It is the first large church commission of [[artist:2590|Titian]]. The painting is almost seven metres high. The “Assumption of the Virgin” has three levels. Below, the apostles look up an…
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“The Night Watch” is the most famous painting by [[artist:1418|Rembrandt]] and one of the most famous paintings in the world. It was painted in 1642, commissioned by the civic guard of Amsterdam, the company of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq. The members of the company paid to be p…
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“The Jewish Bride” is one of the last great paintings by [[artist:1418|Rembrandt]], painted around 1665. No one knows for certain who the man and the woman are. The name was given much later, in the 19th century. Most scholars believe they are the biblical couple Isaac and Rebec…
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“The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp” is the painting that made [[artist:1418|Rembrandt]] famous. It was painted in 1632 in Amsterdam, when he had just arrived in the city. It was commissioned by the surgeons of the city guild, who wanted to be remembered together with the re…
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“Danaë” is one of the largest and best-loved paintings by [[artist:1418|Rembrandt]]. He began it in 1636 and reworked it years later. The subject comes from Greek myth: a king locks his daughter Danaë in a tower so that she may never marry, but Zeus reaches her as a golden rain.…
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The Large Bathers is the painting the artist struggled with for three whole years. On the bank of a stream, in green shade, naked young women are resting. One sits and laughs, another leans back, and a third splashes water at her friends, who pull away with a shriek. The scene i…
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Madame Georges Charpentier and Her Children is the portrait that changed the painter's fate. In an elegant drawing room, furnished in the fashionable Japanese style of the day, sits a lady in a dark silk dress. Beside her on the sofa is her small child, and her little daughter s…
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