Giambattista TIEPOLO, Time unveiling truth [Il Tempo scropre la Verita] c.1743
Time with a scythe to cut short time unveils Truth who holds the sun in her left hand while old Lies tumbles from a cloud. This allegory extols the vi...
National Gallery of Australia | Audio Tour | Three Centuries of Italian Art
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Audio guide to works from the NGA exhibition Three Centuries of Italian Art, shown at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 28 March – 16 June 2002
Leonardo da VINCI, Study for the head of Christ for The Last Supper [Testa di Cristo] c.1495
Versatile genius of the Renaissance, Leonardo created this drawing for his wall painting in Milan The Last Supper. The artist defined the role of arti...
Gianlorenzo BERNINI, Bust of Pope Clement X [Busto di Clemente X] c.1676
Bernini was the greatest Baroque sculptor of the 17th century. He admired the carving of Michelangelo, the classicism of Annibale Carracci and the emo...
Michelangelo CARAVAGGIO, Narcissus [Narciso] c.1595
Narcissus rejected the love of all, including the love of the nymph Echo and for his cruelty was condemned by the god Nemesis to drown while admiring ...
Angelo CAROSELLI, Rest on the flight into Egypt [Riposo nella fuga in Egitto] c.1640-50
Travelling to Egypt to escape the wrath of Herod, the Holy family is seen resting beside a stream. Joseph is in the background, and it may be Salome t...
Annibale CARRACCI, St Margaret [Santa Margherita] unknown
With his cousin Ludivico, and his brother Agostino, Annibale established an academy in Bologna based on the traditions from the High Renaissance, espe...
G BONITO, King Solomon praying before the Temple of Jerusalem [Dedicazione del tempio di Salomone] c.1750
King Solomon is sitting on the elevated plinth at the top of the stairs. The temple focussed attention on the importance of Jerusalem as a major power...
Luca GIORDANO, The Archangel Gabriel appearing to St Zachary [L'Arcangelo Gabriele appare a Zaccaria] c.1650
A supernatural light illuminates the many figures in this dramatic canvas. Zaccariah was a priest in a temple where the angel appeared to tell him he ...
Giovanni Antonio CANALETTO, The view of San Marco Quay from the Bay [Veduta del Molo di San Marco dal Bacino] c.1730s
Canletto’s views of Venice contain a wealth of detail about social and commercial life. The strongly horizontal composition emphasises the contrast of...
CASTIGLIONE, Noah's sacrifice [Il Sacrificio di Noè] unknown
Noah makes a sacrifice on reaching dry land in the ark after the flood. All manner of domestic animals and colourful birds huddle around the family an...