Mundinus, the Italian anatomist, making his first dissection in the anatomy theatre at Bologna, 1318. Oil painting by Ernest Board.

"Here is portrayed three Moods of the Sky and the effects on the Fish and Animals. Sharks and Turtles come to the Surface when it is Raining. Wallabies and Kangaroos are out feedin...

Portrait of Sir Charles Bell by Goffey after the painting by John Stevens in the National Portrait Gallery Charles Bell was a Scottish surgeon, anatomist, philosopher and illustrat...

Giuseppe Maria Crespi was the most outstanding, late Baroque artist in Bologna. He worked in oil and fresco and also produced book illustrations. Crespi executed religious painting...

BORDSPLATY Consisting of a bottom plate (plateau) with a mirror glass, two flower bowls with artificial bouquets, two fruit bowls with glass bowls, six confectionery bowls with gla...

The painting is part of the deposit from Uddevalla municipality UM76.14.001 - UM76.14.106 The artist Ole Valdemar Thisenius Kruse was born in Haderslev, Sönderjylland in Denmark....

“I also hold that painting is a quite concrete art, and can consist of nothing but the representation of real, tangible things, ” wrote Gustave Courbet in an open letter to his stu...

One of the earliest known works by this artist is The Virgin and Child with Angels in the Musée du Louvre, which was formerly in the collection of Lord Wimborne. Dated around 1455,...

Pierrot content is one of a group of early works by Watteau in which the artist developed the theme of the fête galante that would be so highly appreciated during the 18th century....