Genoa

Bernardo Strozzi (1581 – 1644)

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Bernardo Strozzi The Head of an Old Woman Genoa, the 1620s Oil on canvas 48.3 x 38.8 cm This startling image is a study of old age made from a model, rather than being a commissioned portrait. Such character studies were occasionally painted by artists as the basis for biblical or mythological subjects which included … Read more

Anthony van Dyck (1599 – 1641)

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Ecce Homo Genoa, about 1625-6 Oil on canvas 101.5 x 78.7 cm ‘Behold the man!’ (Ecce Homo) said Pontius Pilate, on presenting Jesus to a hostile crowd before his Crucifixion. Here, his pale body and resigned expression encourage the viewer to see Christ sympathetically, in comparison to the representation of the Black soldier. Van Dyck … Read more