The Tempest Self-researched

Artist: Giorgione
Location: Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1506-1508

A mysterious Renaissance painting originally commissioned by Venetian noble Gabriele Vendramin. Depicts a soldier and a nursing woman in a lush landscape with a city threatened by a storm. Despite considerable scholarly discussion, the meaning remains elusive. Considered by some the first true landscape in Western art.