Pablo Neruda | Body of a woman / Corpo di donna

Body of a woman, white hills, white thighs,

you look like a world, lying in surrender.

My rough peasant's body digs in you

and makes the son leap from the depth of the earth.

Corpo di donna, bianche colline, cosce bianche,

assomigli al mondo nel tuo gesto di abbandono.

Il mio corpo di rude contadino ti scava

e fa scaturire il figlio dal fondo della terra.

Felice Casorati | Il sogno del Melograno, 1912)

Jan Frederik Pieter Portielje (1829-1908)

Jan Frederik Pieter Portielje was a Dutch / Belgian Academic Classical painter of genre and portraits.
Born in Amsterdam, 29 April 1829 and died in Antwerp, 6 Feb 1908.
Jan Portielje studied in Amsterdam at the School of Art under J Bing and in Antwerp under Dyckmans. Jan Portielje enjoyed great acclaim during his lifetime, participating successfully in numerous exhibitions in Holland, Belgium and abroad.

Bernardo Strozzi | Portraits of composer Claudio Monteverdi

Bernardo Strozzi** | Claudio Monteverdi portrait, 1640

Artist: Bernardo Strozzi (1581-1644)**
Title: Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Date: 1640
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 84 × 70.5 cm (33.1 × 27.8 in)
Current location: Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum

Bernardo Strozzi | Baroque painter

Bernardo Strozzi, named il Cappuccino and il Prete Genovese (c. 1581 - 2 August 1644) was an Italian** Baroque painter and engraver.

A canvas and fresco artist, his wide subject range included history, allegorical, genre and portrait paintings as well as still lifes.

Born and initially mainly active in Genoa, he worked in Venice in the latter part of his career. His work exercised considerable influence on artistic developments in both cities.

Fra Bartolomeo | High Renaissance painter

Fra Bartolommeo, Bartolommeo also spelled Bartolomeo, also called Bartolomeo della Porta or Baccio della Porta (born March 28, 1472, Florence [Italy] - died Oct. 31, 1517, Florence), painter who was a prominent exponent in early 16th-century Florence of the High Renaissance style**.

Bartolommeo served as an apprentice in the workshop of Cosimo Rosselli and then formed a workshop with the painter Mariotto Albertinelli.