#italian baroque

[lionofchaeronea]

Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting (La Pittura), Artemisia Gentileschi, 1638-39

[skullfragments]

soooo i've been real busy this past month and change working on this monster of a painting! it was originally for the GO Ref library study club but clearly took much longer than i anticipated😅

for those of you who don't recognize it, this is based on one of my favorite historical paintings, Judith Beheading Holofernes (1620) by Artemisia Gentileschi. i love the Baroque period and this painting (as well as her other works) makes me insane. here it is Good Omens style so maybe all of you can be insane with me <3

"Aziraphale (and Crowley) Beheading the Metatron"

(non-bloody and non-glowy versions under the cut)

[artesie]

Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, Italy. Photo by Gabriella Clare Marino.

[killaura]

gerard way // detail of the fall of the rebel angels, luca giordano (1660-1665)

[crimsonimpasto]

Caravaggio, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, 1598

[artthatremindsmeofhannibalnbc]

Caravaggio, Judith Beheading Holofernes, 1598-99 Oil on canvas

[larobeblanche]

Pompeo Batoni (Italian, 1708–1787) • Purity of Heart • 1752

[fangledeities]

Gemma Arterton

The Torture of Prometheus, 1646-1648. Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1615-1673). Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome.

[collectionstilllife]

Caravaggio (Italian, 1571–1610) • Still Life with Fruit on a Stone Ledge • c. 1601–1605 • Private collection

[pagansphinx]

Salvator Rosa (Italian) • Human Fragility  • c. 1656 • Fitzwilliam Museum

[chiaroscurko]

Bartolomeo Manfredi, Apollo and Marsyas, ca. 1616-20 (X)

AEW Dynamite: Grand Slam - September 20, 2023 (X)

[lionofchaeronea]

Still Life with Bowl of Citrons, Giovanna Garzoni, 1640s

[jareckiworld]

Annibale Carracci (1560-1609) — Jupiter and Juno [oil, canvas, 1597] 

[kecobe]

Solomon Worshiping a Pagan God Domenico Antonio Vaccaro (Italian; 1678–1745) ca. between 1695 and 1700 Oil on canvas Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan

And Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord, and went not fully after the Lord, as did David his father. Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon. And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods. And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the Lord God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice, And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the Lord commanded. (1 Kings 11:7)

[shepherdfeathers]

Necklace pendant design based on St. Peter’s Baldachin

[crimsonimpasto]

Caravaggio, Narcissus, c. 1600