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Considered to be one of the most ambitious paintings in Gentileschi’s œuvre, Esther before Ahasuerus exemplifies her success as a female baroque artist. The Old Testament Story referenced here is that of Queen Esther and her husband, Ahasuerus, the…

In this work, Gentileschi depicts herself in the act of painting. Gentileschi most likely completed this painting during her brief English sojourn (1638-c.1641) where she was invited by Charles I to join her father Orazio Gentileschi who had been…

In the 1500s, there was a rise of artworks that represented this theme of the allegory of art or "pittura."

It's crucial to understand that before the sixteenth century painting was not considered a liberal art and was not considered an…

Antonio del Pollaiuolo's Early Rennaisance depiction of the Apollo and Daphne myth.

The Palazzo Sampieri frescoes are a set of paintings by Annibale, Agostino and Ludovico Carracci in the Palazzo Sampieri in Bologna. They form the last surviving collection of works by the three artists. Hercules Guided by Virtue is the ceiling…

Anna Maria Vaiani is another female artist who did floral designs. In Giovanni Battista Ferrari’s piece on gardening, Flora, ouero, Cultura di fiori, (1638) Vaiani etched many of the floral designs. Like Garzoni, her designs played on anatomy of…

Ceiling fresco by Andrea Pozzo in the church of Sant' Ignazio

"This pristine silk motor scarf was sold in London before the Women's Social and Political Union's “Woman’s Sunday” March on 21 June 1908. The government had challenged the suffrage movement to show numbers, and more than 250,000 activists traveled…

The breathtaking “Neptune and Triton” was completed by Bernini in 1622-3. It was commissioned by Alessandro Damascenti-Peretti Montalto. The sculpture was intended to be the focal point of his large fish pond at his villa.

The sculpture is a…