Giacomo’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

A Man Leading a Woman into a Gallery of Antiquities and Decorative Arts
Giacomo Cestaro Italian, active in Naples, 1718-1778

Reclining Woman + Lines of Space
Giacomo Balla Italian, 1871–1958

Head of Saint Stephen: Study for the Martyrdom of Saint Stephen
Jacopo Cavedone Italian, 1577-1660

Giacomo Feeding a Dog
Giovanni Battista Piazzetta Italian, 1682-1754

Crossed Hands (recto); Right Foot, Partially Covered by Drapery (verso)
Jacopo Cavedone Italian, 1577-1660

Pomona
Attributed to Giovanni Giacomo Sementi Italian, 1583–c. 1640

Holy Family with Saint Francis of Assisi and the Infant John the Baptist
After Jacopo Cavedone Italian, 1577-1660

Head of the Virgin Looking Upwards
Jacopo Cavedone Italian, 1577-1660

Bust of Cardinal Giacomo Antonelli
Auguste Jean Baptiste Clésinger (French, 1814–1883)

Artist and Model
Giacomo Manzù Italian, 1908-1991

Imaginary View of S. Giacomo di Rialto, from Vedute
Canaletto Italian, 1697-1768

Imaginary View of S. Giacomo di Rialto, from Vedute
Canaletto Italian, 1697-1768

Giacomo Manzù
Yousuf Karsh Canadian, born Turkish Armenia, 1908–2002

Virgin and Child with St. Anthony Abbot and St. Catherine of Siena
Giacomo Cavedone Italian, 1577-1660

An Eagle Presenting a Measuring Tool to Emperor Constantine at the Founding of Constantinople, from the Pompa della solenne entrata nella città di Milano della serenissima Maria Anna austriaca
Giacomo Cotta (Italian, 1627-1689) after Gian Cristoforo Storer (German, active Italy, 1620-1671)

Giacomo Manzu
Sanford H. Roth American, 1906–1962

Virgin and Child with the Young St. John the Baptist and Cherubs
Giacomo Antonio Stefanoni (Italian, 1612-after 1646) after Ludovico Carracci (Italian, 1555-1619)