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Felix Resurrección Hidalgo - The boat of Acheronte, aka 'The boat of Charon' or 'Charon's boat', 1887.
Bartolomeo Pinelli - Charon's Boat, 1808.
Bartolomeo Pinelli - Charon's boat, 1808.
John Flaxman - Charon's boat.
Feyen-Perrin - Charon's boat, published on L'Illustration Journal Universel, Paris, 1857.
James Gillray - Charon's boat or topham's trip, with hood to hell, 1788.
Feliks Michał Wygrzywalski - Charon's boat, 1917.
MWW Artwork of the Day (5/2/19) Luca Giordano (Italian, 1632-1705) Apotheosis of the Medici: Charon's Boat (1683-85) Fresco Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence
In 1682-83 Giordano painted various fresco series in Florence, including in the dome of Corsini Chapel of the Chiesa del Carmine. In the large block occupied by the former Medici palace, he painted the ceiling of the Biblioteca Riccardiana (Allegory of Divine Wisdom) and the long gallery of the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi. The vast frescoes of the latter are contained in the 1670s gallery addition, overlooking the gardens. The planning was overseen by Alessandro Segni and commissioned by Francesco Riccardi. They include the prototypic hagiographic celebration of the Medici family in the center, surrounded by a series of interlocking narratives: allegorical figures (the Cardinal Virtues, the Elements of Nature) and mythological episodes (Neptune and Amphitrita, The Rape of Proserpine, The Triumphal procession of Bacchus, The Death of Adonis, Ceres and Triptolemus)
The Baroque style, which was splendidly represented by Luca Giordano in the Gallery of the Palazzo Medici Riccardi, fascinated the Florentines, but did not fully convince them -- the weight of a glorious tradition was too great. (Wikipedia extract)