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Guido Reni (1575 - 1642 ) St. Catherine 1610/1615 Oil on canvas 92.5 67.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna #mauriciostefanowskyfineartist

The young hero is poised between a life of empty sensual pleasure and one of struggle and glory, represented by Love (the sleeping Venus) and Wisdom (Minerva). ...When Cupids attack Youth and only Wisdom’s shield defends him, we sense his desire and the difficulty of his choice. The idea of a man’s sacrifice to duty resonated in Napoleon’s empire, with its cult of military virtue and service to the state. Yet the work is also charged with the erotic, matching the taste of Meynier’s client Count Sommariva, the greatest private patron of the day. Charles Meynier was inspired by François Fénelon’s The Adventures of Telemachus, which tells the story of Ulysses’ son. First published in 1699 it championed public duty, moderation and self-discipline. Here Telemachus recounts a dream: Venus appears before him, but his attention is caught by her son Cupid, in his piercing eyes there was something that I could not behold without fear. He smiled as he looked at me, but it was a malicious smile, mocking and cruel. He selected from his golden quiver the keenest of his arrows and, having bent his bow, the shaft was just parting from the string when Minerva suddenly appeared and lifted her shield before me. The arrow, unable to penetrate it, fell to the ground; and the god, shamed and indignant, sighed bitterly. ‘Away! reckless boy,’ said Minerva; ‘you have power only over the dishonorable, who prefer sordid pleasures to wisdom, virtue and glory.’ 1810, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. See more

Diego Rivera - Two Women (Dos Mujeres, portrait of Angelina Beloff and Maria Dolores Bastian ), 1914. Oil on canvas, 77 x 63 in. (197.5 x 161.3 cm). The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

Albrecht Dürer Jesus Among the Doctors 1506 Oil on panel. 64.3 x 80.3 cm Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid #mauriciostefanowskyfineartist

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Raphael (14831520) Madonna of Foligno 1511 and 1512 Tempera grassa on wood transported to canvas 308 cm x 198 cm Pinacoteca of the Vatican Museums, Rome. #mauriciostefanowskyfineartist

LEONARDO DA VINCI (1452 -1519) Head of a Woman (La Scapigliata) 1500/08 Oil paint on wood , cm 24,7 x 21 Umber, green amber and white lead on wood National Gall...ery of Parma , Italy #mauriciostefanowskyfineartist See more