Name | Dynasty | Details | Justification |
The Hunt of Diana | 1616–1617 | Borghese Gallery Rome, Latium, Italy | The canvas was painted for Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini, nephew of the preceding Pope Clement VIII, who had a strong dislike for the Borghese family. However, Cardinal Scipione wanted the painting for himself and had it forcibly removed from the artist's studio, imprisoning the artist for several days. |
Allegory of Autumn | 1650–1655 | Collezioni Comunali d'Arte Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy | The painting is part of a series depicting the Four Seasons painted for the counts Legnani by Pier Francesco Cittadini, a Milanese painter celebrated for his still-lives and portraits. Bacchus, supervising the wine-making, personifies the allegory of Autumn; a wreath of seasonal fruit, following the Flemish tradition, frames the scene. |
View of the Monastery and Riverbank in Belém | 1657 | National Museum of Ancient Art Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal | The painting is an admirable veduta, showing two outstanding building projects carried out during the reign of King D. Manuel (1495–1521): the Belém Tower and the Jerónimos Monastery. |
Jupiter and Semele | 1693? | Moravian Gallery, Brno Governor's Palace, Brno, Moravia, Czech Republic | The decorative composition of a pair of nudes in dramatic poses conveys a story from Greek mythology retold by Ovid in the third volume of Metamorphoses. The painted frame of the picture suggests that the canvas was part of an interior decoration, the location for which is as yet unknown. |
Still life with Fruits, Parrots and a White Cockatoo | 1710s | Hungarian National Gallery Budapest, Közép-Magyarország / Central Hungary, Hungary | Bogdány was a Hungarian painter who studied in Vienna and in Amsterdam where sources mention him in 1684, and where he may have pursued his studies. Amsterdam, then the centre of middle-class genres, especially still-life, was a perfect school for an artist just starting out. |
Prince Livio Odescalchi | Last quarter of the 17th century | City Museum, Ilok Ilok, Slavonia, Croatia | The marble bust is by the Roman sculptor of French origin Pierre-Etienne Monnot. Prince Livio Odescalchi was a member of the influential Italian family known historically to have produced important bishops, cardinals and Pope Innocent XI. |