Neapolitan school of the 18th century, Hagar Angel Sacrifice Isaac 18th Century Paint Oil on canvas Neapolitan school (1700-1799)

The Expulsion of Hagar, the subject depicted in the foreground of this panel, is an episode from the Old Testament, as are the other episodes depicted in the background. According ...

Giambattista Piazzetta trained with the tenebrist painter Antonio Molinari (1655–1704), then continued his studies in Bologna in 1705 with Giuseppe Maria Crespi (1665–1747). Both a...

The painting shows a naked man with his head held high standing on a gilded sleigh drawn by four strong men, two pulling and two pushing. A one-eyed priest is shown in the centre o...

Clock-watch of cast and pierced gilt brass with a silver dial, engraved with 'The Sacrifice of Isaac', the dial showing the age of the moon, days of the month and hours, movement s...

Polyxena, with whom Achilles fell in love, was the younger daughter of Priam and Hecuba, the king and queen of Troy. She was partly responsible for Achilles’ death, having promised...

This early work by Sebastiano Ricci, which was the subject of an enthusiastic commentary by Rodolfo Pallucchini, has been dated to around 1694. In 1691 the artist was in Rome where...

Ferraù Fenzoni, an artist working in the late Mannerist style, is documented in Rome and Umbria where he produced a large number of works. His style has been related to that of Fed...