Correggio (c.1489-1534) Ecce Homo (Christ presented to the People) c.1525–1530 Oil on poplar, 99.7 x 80 cm National Gallery, London Correggio shows Christ bound and crowned with thorns at the moment when he is condemned to be crucified by Pontius Pilate.…
Parmigianino (1503-1540) Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina (Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine) c.1527–1531 Oil on wood, 74.2 x 57.2 cm National Gallery, London The infant Christ turns to look back at his mother as he places a ring on Saint Catherine’s finger.…
Parmigianino (1503-1540) Ritratto di giovane donna (Portrait of a young lady) c.1530 Oil on poplar, 48.5 × 46.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Correggio (c.1489-1534) Ratto di Ganimede (Abduction of Ganymede) c.1530 Oil on canvas, 163.5 × 72 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Companion: Correggio (c.1489-1534) Giove e Io c.1530 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Correggio (c.1489-1534) Giove e Io (Jupiter and Io) c.1530 Oil on canvas, 162 × 73.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Jupiter fell in love with Io, the beautiful daughter of the river god. The shy nymph wanted to flee, but the god…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Judith with the head of Holofernes c.1530 Oil on lime, 87.7 × 58.1 × 2.4 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Through courage and cunning, the Old Testament heroine had succeeded in penetrating Holofernes’ tent camp, which had…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) La Madonna del Coniglio (Virgin and Child with Saint Catherine of Alexandria and a Shepherd, known as The Virgin with the Rabbit) c.1530 Oil on canvas, 71 × 87 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Compare: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Vierge au…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) The Nymph at the Fountain c.1530–1534 Oil on panel, 75 x 120 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Together with Albrecht Dürer, Lucas Cranach was among the most important 16th-century German painters. His oeuvre includes religious compositions as…
Bronzino (1503-1572) Ritratto di giovane uomo (Portrait of a Young Man) 1530s Oil on wood, 95.6 x 74.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The identity of this arrogant young man is unknown, but he must have belonged to…
(c.1477–1539) 1st Earl of Wiltshire (1529–1539) 1st Earl of Ormond (1529–1539) 1st Viscount Rochford (1525–1533) Thomas Boleyn in Film: Anne of the Thousand Days 1969 Director: Charles Jarrott Starring: Richard Burton, Geneviève Bujold The Other Boleyn Girl 2008 Director:…