In one enigmatic (presumably jokey) image by Annibale Carracci, a lobster attempts to use a nutcracker rather than its own claws. Raphael, that famous lover, was one of only a handful of Renaissance ...
Raphael, that famous lover, was one of only a handful of Renaissance artists to draw from the nude female model. A couple of head studies by Federico Barocci are drop-dead gorgeous. A few ...
The title of the exhibition is Drawing the Italian Renaissance, and the rooms are provided with clipboards, desks and pencils so that visitors can draw from the work themselves; on some days artists ...