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Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Allegorical Mythical Nudes VIRTUE OF VICE o/c

18-19th century

This oil painting by Louis Buisseret, a Belgian artist renowned for his mastery of realism and sensitivity to the human form, exemplifies his ability to capture the quiet elegance of...

JAN WYSOCKI (Polish 1873-1960) Reclining Nude Woman with Mirror and Roses Oil on canvas 39 x 48 inches Signed lower right In a period gold leaf frame Jan Wysocki was born on Februar...

Already in the collection of Emperor Rudolf II in the first decade of the 17th century this composition was famous. The original is by Parmigianino and Rudolf's court painter Joseph Heintz...

Hercules and Omphale Oil on panel, 52 x 41 cm According to legend, Hercules had to make atonement and became a slave to the Lydian queen Omphale. When she found out who her slave was, she married him. Falling for his mistress and made effeminate by the luxury of court life, the former hero allowed himself to become the laughing stock of the court. He dressed in women's clothes, spun wool and did other women's work, whereas Omphale wore his lion's skin and carried a wooden club. When the time of punishment was over, the hero realised his delusion and left Omphale. So far, the painting could not be clearly assigned to an artist. Nevertheless, it impresses with its fluid and convincing painting, whose colourfulness and conception are reminiscent of the Prague School around Bartholomäus Spranger. This work follows an engraving and an etching made by Michel Dorigny in 1643 after a design by Simon Vouet. It shows the same scene but the print differs in minor details from the present painting (see e.g. the head of the lion) and the treatment of the faces seems to be painted more detailed and refined. So far there is no painting...