Jesse M. Lockerさんのイラストまとめ

Giovanni Lanfranco, Norandino and Lucina Discovered by the Ogre, c. 1624, Oil on canvas, This massive painting in the Galleria Borghese portrays an episode of Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso that borrows heavily from the Odyssey, while Lanfranco borrows heavily from Annibale Carracci.

Now seems like a good time to revisit the Quack, a hawker of false cures, from the old Dutch “quacksalver.” Portrayed here by Gerrit Dou in 1652, he peddles his cure-alls in front of the Leiden city gate, surrounded by other representations of deception, lies, and baby crap.

Day 39: Artemisia Gentileschi, Virgin and Child with a Rosary, c. 1651. Oil on copper. Monasterio de San Lorenzo, El Escorial. This small, signed copper panel seems to have been painted for Philip II of Spain. She often sent such small devotional works to potential patrons.

Day 33: Artemisia Gentileschi, David with the Head of Goliath, 1638-39. Oil on canvas, Private collection. The newest addition to Artemisia’s oeuvre, the artist's signature was discovered during restoration. It seems seems to have painted when the artist was briefly in England.

Day 12: Artemisia Gentileschi, Jael and Sisera, 1620. Oil on canvas. Szépmüvészeti Múzeum, Budapest. In this rare biblical subject, heroine Jael kills sleeping Canaanite general Sisera by driving a tent stake through his head. Artemisia signed her name on the plinth behind.

Day 4: Artemisia Gentileschi, Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, oil on canvas (Private collection). This painting was done in Rome either c. 1610-12, when she was a teenager, or a decade. Either way, it's a powerful response to Caravaggio’s lost version (known through copies).

For International Women's Day, a few great artworks early modern women.

Mathijs Bril, assisted by Paul Bril, View of Rome from the Viminal Hill, Fresco, South Wall, Room of Topographical Views, Torre dei Venti, Vatican, Rome, c. 1580

Lorenzo Lotto, An Ecclesiastic in his Study, 1520-30, Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over black chalk (British Museum)

Those who say the equestrian portrait tradition of Titian, Rubens, Velázquez, and David is dead are...entirely correct.