Dr Robert Bohanさんのイラストまとめ

Jacopo Bassano’s Adoration of the Kings (1542), Guercino’s The Virgin & Child (c1615) & Giovanni Battista Pittoni’s (1725) The Apotheosis of St Jerome with St Peter of Alcántara & a Franciscan. The historic-style hanging of works in the museum add to their dramatic qualities.

His images of Napoleon (1801-5) were the ultimate propaganda of the diminutive General on his march to being Emperor of France & conqueror of Europe. Placing Boney on a horse shows his knowledge of Van Dyck & Titian’s royal portraits of short rulers

Women were captured by the artist in stark exquisite simplicity, best exemplified by his Madame Récamier (1800). Equally ravishing are Madame Verninac (c1798) & Young Woman (c1798). Idealised Classical beauty

One of David’s first great works is an oil sketch called the Funeral of Patroclus (1778-9). It was sent from Rome to Paris to show his study there. It is a magnificent work showing his earliest Neoclassical work and in .@NGIreland It’s also a testimony to gay love

He died in 1519, aged 67. In his will he left much of his estate to Melzi & to Salai. These two men had supported & loved him in life. Leda (nd), Nude (nd) & Salai as John the Baptist. The latter is a surprisingly erotic image for an old master!

He was in Rome 1513-6 & had a good relationship with the Pope & met with the French King. He entered the King’s service in 1516, & was given a Manor House & a pension. Woman (1508), Embryo (1509-14) & St John (1510-15). The latter was based on Salai, his lover.

In 1503 he created a preliminary study (a cartoon) for the Battle of Anghiari for the city hall in Florence. It was not used. Isabella d’Este (1500), Salvator Mundi (attributed, c1500) & Madonna of the Yardwinder (attributed, 1501)

Adoration of the Magi (1481-2) with sketches for the work. He was painstaking when working on an image. Much research was done, sketches made & unique paint created. Such preparation & experimentation meant that works were often unfinished, were lost or completed by others.

One of the great triumphs of science in the Renaissance were Leonardo’s botanical studies of plants. Lady with Unicorn (c1480), Lily (1480-5), St Jerome (1480) & St Sebastian (1480-1). St Sebastian was often used as a coded symbol by gay artists.

The 1640s saw a loosening of Reni’s brushwork & a more spiritual tone to his work where expression is heightened to the divine. Blessed Soul (1640-2) combines metaphysics, male nudity & emotion. Lucretia (1640-2) & Cleopatra (1640) show strong women in charge