A History of European Art

Winter (The Deluge), 1660–64, oil on canvas, 3’ 10 ½” x 5’ 3”

(118 x 160 cm), Musée du Louvre, Paris, France.

Raphael:

Baldassare Castiglione, c. 1514–15, oil on canvas, 32 ¼ x 26 ¼”

(82 x 67 cm), Musée du Louvre, Paris, France.

Titian:

Man with a Blue Sleeve (Ariosto), c. 1512, oil on canvas, 32 x 26”

(81.2 x 66.3 cm), National Gallery, London, Great Britain.

Rembrandt van Rijn:

Self-Portrait, 1640, oil on canvas, 40 ¼ x 30 ½” (102 x 80 cm), National

Gallery, London, Great Britain.

Cropper and Dempsey, Nicolas Poussin.

Russell, Claude Lorrain, 1600–1682.

1. Discuss the types of subjects northern artists borrowed from their
   Italian counterparts.


2. Choose Poussin or Claude and discuss the similarities and differences in
   the artist’s work from his Italian inspirations.

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