Wölfflin chapter 3 Closed and open form
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Andrea del Brescianino (b. ca. 1487, Ferrara, d. after 1524, Ferrara)
1525
Venus and two Cupids
Galleria Borghese, Rome
Oil on canvas
This work is given to Franciabigio's contemporary, Andrea del Brescianino (original name Andrea Piccinelli), a follower of Andrea del Sarto.
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Lorenzo di Credi (b. c.1459, Florence, d. 1537, Florence)
c. 1493
Venus
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Oil on canvas, 151*69 cm
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Albrecht Durer (b. 1471, Nürnberg, d. 1528, Nürnberg)
1518
The Suicide of Lucretia
Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Oil on lime panel 168*74.8 cm
Drawing 1508 (Albertina)
Lucas Cranach (the elder):
Lucretia 1524 (Alte Pinakothek, Munich)
Lucretia 1533 (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin)
Bernart van Orley:
Lucretia (Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nürnberg)
Jan van Scorel:
Lucretia 1535 (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin)
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Lucas Cranach (the elder) (b. 1472, Kronach, d. 1553, Weimar)
1530
Cupid complaining to Venus
National Gallery
Oil on wood 81.3 x 54.6 cm
Albrecht Durer:
Cupid the Honey Thief 1514 (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna)
The story derives from Theocritus' Idyll.
Adam and Eve 1504 (Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe)
Durer's figures derive from classical statues of Apollo and Venus.
Jan Gossaert Vanitas (Accademia dei Concordi, Rovigo). Formerly attributed to Durer.
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Sir Peter Paul Rubens (b. 1577, Siegen, d. 1640, Antwerp)
1638
Andromeda
Gemaldegalerie, Berlin
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