El Greco (1541-1614) Cristo abrazando la cruz (Christ with the Cross) c.1587–1596 Oil on canvas, 66 x 52.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Christ holding the cross was a motif that El Greco derived from the narrative of Christ’s Passion, creating an…
El Greco (1541-1614) La Anunciación (The Annunciation) c.1596–1600 Oil on canvas, 114 x 67 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid This is a small-scale replica of the canvas on the same subject now in the Museo del Prado and was originally part of…
(1596–1678) Baertje Martens in Art: Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of Baertje Martens c.1640 Hermitage Museums, Saint Petersburg Husband Herman Doomer (c.1595-1650)
Caravaggio (1571-1610) La Buona Ventura (The Fortune Teller) 1596–1597 Oil on canvas, 115 x 150 cm Musei Capitolini, Roma Compare: Caravaggio (1571-1610) La Buona Ventura c.1595 Musée du Louvre, Paris
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Caravaggio (1571-1610) Estasi di San Francesco (Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy) c.1595–1596 Oil on canvas, 94 x 129.5 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Curatorial Narrative: Caravaggio revolutionized the painting of his era through a theatrical use of light, dramatic narrative, and the naturalistic…