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Alessandro Magnasco

60 works

Alessandro Magnasco (1667-1749) was a painter. Read more

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Painting of a vaulted synagogue interior with a crowded congregation in red and blue robes around a central Torah ark.

Interior of a Synagogue

c. 1725-35

Painting of a crowded tavern-like scene under a ruined arch, with a magpie perched on a barrel and a sea view beyond.

The Tame Magpie

ca. 1707-8

Painting of nuns sewing and spinning in a dim convent room with a servant carrying a tray near a high window.

Nuns at Work

Painting of a wild bacchanal with dancing satyrs and maenads among ruined classical columns and statues.

Bacchanale

about 1720-1730

Painting of a woman drawing water at a well beside a seated bearded man, framed by ruined arches, a palm tree and a column.

Christ and the Samaritan Woman

1705-1710

Dark painting of soldiers on horseback attacking fleeing figures beneath stone arches, with bodies strewn across the ground.

Massacre of the Innocents

1715 - 1740

Painting of a bishop halting an armored ruler in red cloak at a church doorway, with crowds and soldiers in the foreground.

Theodosius Repulsed from the Church by Saint Ambrose

c. 1705

Painting of a kneeling woman and a standing man among crumbling arches, a palm tree, and ruined architecture under a pale sky

Noli Me Tangere

1705-1710

Painting of hooded monks in pale robes resting among rocks and windswept trees beside a pool, under a cloudy sky.

Carthusian monks in a landscape

1700

Three hooded monks pray and read in a rocky cave beneath a wooden crucifix, with a blue sky opening above.

Three Camaldolese Monks in Meditative Prayer

1710

Dark painted interior with a suspended figure, nude prisoners and robed men gathered at a table in a torture scene.

Torture Scene

1727

Dark vaulted prison interior with shackled prisoners, guards, and officials at a desk under a barred window.

Brutal Interrogation

1727

Dark prison interior with shackled prisoners before a robed official and clerk at a desk, under vaulted arches.

Brutal Interrogation (Torture Scene)

1728

Painting of robed hermits resting in a wooded landscape near a wooden cross and skull, with a flying figure above.

Hermits (Anachorets)

1712

Painting of a landscape with washerwomen at a stream, a horse cart on a road, and a ruined tower on a hill.

Landscape with Gypsies and Washerwomen

Painting of a wooded landscape with washerwomen at a stream, a woodcutter at a tree, and a distant town under mountains.

Laundresses and lumberjacks

1712

Painting of ragged men resting among crumbling classical ruins with columns, an archway and hanging weapons under a cloudy sk

Halt of the Brigands

1710

Dark landscape with a kneeling man beside a skull and book, a leaning cross, trees, and distant snowy mountains under clouds.

Saint Jerome in a Landscape

1701

Painting of musicians gathered beneath a ruined arch overgrown with ivy, with a statue and a cart in the background.

Concert in the Ruins

Painting of a wooded landscape with a rider on a white horse, a pointing man, a cart on a hillside road, and a cloudy sky.

Mountainous Landscape

1720

Dark forest scene with winged angels and robed figures gathered by a ruin beneath tall trees, light breaking through the cano

Christ attended by Angels

1705

Dim interior of a synagogue with a congregation of men reading on benches beneath arches, lit candelabra, and a central domed

The Synagogue

c. 1730

Painting of stormy waves breaking on a shore with workers, barrels, ruined tower and sailing boats under a cloudy sky.

Munkenes bøn ved havet

1682-1749

Painting of two robed figures seated near a tree in a rocky landscape, with blue mountains and a town under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with Saint Bruno ?

1700

Monochrome painting of monks eating a supper on the floor in a dim interior with a barred window and a niche.

Monks at Supper

c. 1720

Painting of an elderly bald monk in a dark hood praying with clasped hands, lit against a dark background.

Monnik in gebed

1600

Painting of the Raising of Lazarus: a robed figure gestures toward a bound man rising from a tomb amid a crowd beneath classi

The Raising of Lazarus

1715

Three monks in white habits pray in ecstasy among rocks, beside a wooden cross and skull under a dark cave arch.

Three Camaldolese Monks in Ecstatic Prayer

1710

Painting of a ruined classical colonnade with a procession around a chariot bearing a seated Venus among satyrs and cupids.

The Triumph of Venus

about 1720-1730

Painting of Christ's baptism by John the Baptist in a turbulent rocky river landscape, with an angel and trees framing the sc

The Baptism of Christ

c. 1740

Painting of a stormy sea with two figures in robes, one walking on water, windblown trees, and a distant ship under clouds.

Christ at the Sea of Galilee

c. 1740

Painting of costumed singers gathered around a music stand in an arched columned hall, with trees visible through the arches.

The Choristers

c. 1740/1745

Alessandro Magnasco (1667-1749) was a painter. Alessandro Magnasco was born and died in Genoa. The work of Alessandro Magnasco is associated with Baroque. Browse 60 works by Alessandro Magnasco from 23 museums, free to download in HD. Source: Wikidata