Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Tentazioni di sant’Antonio Abate (Christ appearing to Saint Anthony Abbot during his Temptation) c.1598 Oil on copper, 49.5 x 34.4 cm National Gallery, London A bearded man in a hair robe is being violently threatened by a horde…
El Greco (1541-1614) Pietà (Lamentation) Early 1570s Oil on panel, 28.9 × 20 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia El Greco was born in the Venetian territory of Crete and trained in Venice before moving to Rome. There he encountered the work…
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) La Inmaculada Concepción (The Immaculate Conception) 1662–1665 Oil on canvas, 172 x 298 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Inscription: On the phylactery held by two angels: “IN PRINCIPIO DILEXIT EAM”. Part of a series of four large…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Madonna col Bambino tra San Pietro e San Sebastiano (Madonna and Child between Saint Peter and Saint Sebastian) c.1475 Oil on wood, 82.7 × 58.7 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) San Rocco portato in cielo dagli angeli (Saint Roch Carried to Heaven by Angels) c.1735–1745 Oil on canvas, 41.4 x 33.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) Il sacrificio di Isacco (The Sacrifice of Isaac) 1750s Oil on canvas, 56.5 x 75.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland This series of paintings predominantly tells the Old Testament story of Abraham and Isaac, and each of…
Blake, William (1757-1827) St. Matthew 1799 Tempera on canvas, 38.5 x 26.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Like St. Matthew, William Blake reported having visions of angels throughout his life. The energy and awe with which the evangelist Saint Matthew…
Blake, William (1757-1827) The Holy Family (also known as Christ in the Lap of Truth) c.1805 Pen, ink and brush, 37.9 x 32.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Although he rejected institutionalized religion, Blake was intensely spiritual, and much of…
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) L’Adorazione dei pastori (The Adoration of the Shepherds) shortly after 1450 Tempera on canvas, transferred from wood, 40 x 55.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Painted when the artist was probably in his early twenties, the…
Fontana, Lavinia (1552-1614) L’Annunciazione (The Annunciation) late 16th Century Oil on copper, 35.88 × 27.15 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore