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| Claude Lorrain Ascanius Shooting the Stag of Sylvia 1682 Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford holds one painting that I specifically wish I could remember from twenty years ago on the single brief visit I made there. It is the Claude Lorrain above, painted in 1682 – the year of the artist's death – and inscribed on the back in his hand. He writes that this was the last picture he painted. But to my shame I did not see it. Twenty years ago in Oxford I was not yet interested in 17th-century painting, plus I was badly jet-lagged. All I can personally remember of the Ashmolean is hundreds of glass cases full of pottery shards. Taken at a glance it appeared to be a vast display of gravel.
Other wonderful Ashmolean pictures from Baroque Italy that I should have seen on the same visit and did not see are to be seen in reproduction below.
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| Nicolas Poussin Exposition of Moses 1654 Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
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| Bernardo Strozzi A Betrothal 1620s Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
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| Giovanni Francesco Romanelli Medoro & Angelica 1640s Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
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| Pier Francesco Mola Echo & Narcissus 1630s Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
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| Pietro Tessta Dead Christ Mourned by Angels 1640s Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
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| Guercino Study Head of an Apostle ca. 1620 Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
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| after Domenichino Creation of Eve ca. 1700 Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
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| Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi Landscape with Tobias & the Angel 1650s Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
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| Gaspard Dughet View of Tivoli 1650s Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
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| Mattia Preti Game of Draughts 1630s Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
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| Giacomo Francesco Cipper Young Girl with Kitten & Puppy 17th century Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |