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Posted on by Dido of Carthage Posted in allegory, art, autumn, drawing, fall, female artist, four seasons, I re-ordered them to what I *think* is the correct sequence of seasons but it's hard to be certain, italian, nude, pastel, private collection, rococo, Rosalba Carriera, spring, summer, winter, woman artist

The Four Seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter, attributed to the circle of Rosalba Carriera

Italian, 18th century

pastel

private collection x

Posted on by Dido of Carthage Posted in 18th century, allegory, art, female artist, italian, nude, painting, pastel, private collection, rococo, Rosalba Carriera, Venetian, woman artist

Allegory of Painting, attributed to a sister of Rosalba Carriera


Italian, 18th century


pastel on paper mounted on canvas


private collection x

Posted on by Dido of Carthage Posted in art, art detail, art history, Castiglione, detail, etching, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Il Grechetto, italian, Metropolitan Museum of Art, mythology, Pan, pastoral, pastoral poetry, Print, satyr

Detail of the god Pan and two satyrs, from an etching by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, called Il Grechetto. Italian, c. 1645. Metropolitan Museum of Art.

From the Met:

In the 1640s, Castiglione produced a group of etchings that bring to life the world of Theocritus’ Idylls and Virgil’s Eclogues, in which Pan is frequently invoked as lord of the flocks and patron of pastoral poetry. In this etching, the resting god, wearing his usual crown of pine, receives a second crown of grape leaves. The volcano must be Etna, for the rustic verse of both the Greek Theocritus (ca. 300–260 B.C.) and the Roman Virgil (70–19 B.C.) is set in Sicily.

Posted on by Dido of Carthage Posted in art, art history, baroque, etching, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Il Grechetto, italian, Metropolitan Museum of Art, mythology, nude, Pan, Print, satyr

Pan Reclining at Left with Two Standing Satyrs, a Large Vase on a Pedestal at Right by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, called Il Grechetto

Italian, c. 1645

etching

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Posted on by Dido of Carthage Posted in art, art history, bacchanal, baroque, etching, Genoese School, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Il Grechetto, italian, Metropolitan Museum of Art, mythology, nude, Print, satyr

Bacchanal Before an Altar of the Gods by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, called Il Grechetto

Italian, c. 1645

etching

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Posted on by Dido of Carthage Posted in art, art detail, baroque, Circe, detail, etching, Genoese School, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Il Grechetto, italian, Metropolitan Museum of Art, mythology, Print

Detail of Circe from an etching by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, called Il Grechetto. Italian, 1650-1651. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.  

Posted on by Dido of Carthage Posted in art, baroque, etching, Genoese School, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Il Grechetto, italian, Metropolitan Museum of Art, mythology, Priapus, Print, satyr

A Satyr Reclining at the Foot of a Statue of Priapus, Goats at the Right by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, called Il Grechetto

Italian, c. 1645-1648

etching

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Posted on by Dido of Carthage Posted in art, art history, chalk, Giambologna, italian, late renaissance, mannerism, Metropolitan Museum of Art, mythology, Neptune, nude, sculpture, sketch, study

Study for a sculpture of Neptune by Giambologna 

black chalk on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Posted on by Dido of Carthage Posted in art, art history, Bologna, chalk, drawing, Giambologna, italian, late renaissance, mannerism, Metropolitan Museum of Art, mythology, Neptune, Neptune Fountain, nude, Piazza San Petronio

Copy after Giambologna’s Neptune Fountain in Piazza San Petronio, Bologna, by an unknown artist

Italian, c. 1600

pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, red wash, on black chalk, ruling, on twelve sheets of paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Posted on by Dido of Carthage Posted in art, art detail, art history, bronze, detail, Fortuna, Giambologna, italian, mannerism, Metropolitan Museum of Art, mythology, nude, sculpture, statue

Detail of Fortuna, after a model by Giambologna 

Italian, early 17th century

bronze

Metropolitan Museum of Art