Rembrandt (1606-1669) The Ascension of Christ 1636 Oil on canvas, 92.7 x 68.3 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich The so-called ‘Passion Cycle’ was painted for the stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, Prince Frederik Hendrik of Orange. The six paintings…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) & Workshop The Sacrifice of Isaac 1636 Oil on canvas, 195 x 132.3 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich To test the steadfastness of his faith, God asked Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac. Only at the very last moment…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) The Archangel Raphael Leaving Tobias’ Family 1637 Oil on panel, 66 x 52 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Tobit, Tobit’s old father, having regained his sight through the medication of the archangel Raphael, gives thanks to God with…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Saint Matthew and the Angel 1661 Oil on canvas, 96 x 81 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris It is not certain, as Valentiner proposed, that the painting was part of a series of apostles or evangelists comparable to…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Sacrifice of Isaac 1635 Oil on canvas, 193 x 132 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg God ordered Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac as a test of his faith (Genesis, 22: 1-13). Abraham set out to carry out the…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Holy Family 1645 Oil on canvas, 117 x 91 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg One of the key subjects for Rembrandt was the Holy Family that perhaps for him embodied the lost dream of a happy home life. In…
Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711) Abraham receiving the three angels of the Lord c.1680–1685 Oil on canvas, 120 x 164 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Episode taken from the Bible (Genesis, XVIII, 6-15). In the background, Sarah, Abraham’s old wife, who will…
Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711) Hagar in the Desert 1675–1680 Oil on canvas, 74 x 60 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Cagnacci, Guido (1601-1663) Gloria di san Mercuriale (Glory of Saint Mercurial) c.1642–1644 Oil on canvas, 410 x 231 Pinacoteca Civica, Forlì
Cagnacci, Guido (1601-1663) La conversione della Maddalena (The Conversion of Mary Magdalene) c.1661–1662 Oil on canvas, 229.2 x 265.4 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena In the seventeenth century, Guido Cagnacci was celebrated for his deeply sensual paintings of female saints and…