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Molnár C. Pál The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian
Colored lithograph, paper, 38 × 27,5 cm, 20th century
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Molnár C. Pál The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian
Colored lithograph, paper, 38 × 27,5 cm, 20th century
Hercules at the Crossroads between Virtue and Vice
Artist: Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (Italian, (1708-1787)
Date: 1765
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: The State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Description
The allegory was composed in the 5th century BC by the philosopher Prodicus (Xenophon, Memoirs of Socrates, Book II, Chapters 1, 21 ff.). While young Hercules was tending the flocks of his earthly father, King Amphitryon, on the pastures of Cithaeron, two women came to him, personifying Effeminacy and Virtue. In Batoni's painting, they are represented as Venus, the goddess of love, and Minerva, the goddess of wisdom. One tempted him with the joys of life, the other called him to labor and heroic deeds. Hercules, after much contemplation, heeded the voice of reason and dedicated his life to serving humanity. The putti at Minerva's feet commemorate Hercules' future exploits. They hold a hero's club and a lion's skin. Also depicted are Cerberus, Hades' three-headed guardian, and the seven-headed Hydra. A stern Minerva points to a temple on a clifftop—an allegory for the arduous path to glory. A glamorous Venus offers Hercules a rose. At her feet lie the trappings of vanity and sensual pleasure: musical instruments, sheet music, and a basket of fruit.
A Capriccio of Ruins
Artist: Italian (Roman) School
Date: 1700-1799
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: National Trust Collections, London, United Kingdom
Flower garland with Saint Peter, Roman School, 17th century
Fillide Giorgi Levasti (Florence, 1883 – Florence, 1966)
Fillide Giorgi Levasti was an italian painter, pupil of one of the major painter of the italian 19th century, Giovanni Fattori, and longtime friend of other women artists like Leonetta Cecchi Pieraccini (mother of Suso Cecchi d'Amico, the future screenwriter of many iconic italian movies) and Evelyn Scarampi. She was a great admired of Paul Cézanne, and the post impressionism and symbolist artists from Central Europe.
Still life with venetian glasses, 18th century by Gabriele Salci (Rome 1682-c.1720), oil on canvas
Still life with fruits, 17th century by anonimous