Lorenzo di Credi (c.1459-1537) Madonna che adora il Bambino (Madonna Adoring the Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and an Angel) early 1490s Tempera on wood, diameter 91.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York An angel introduces the infant…
Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Madonna col Bambino e angeli (Madonna and Child with Angels) c.1410 Tempera on wood, traces of gold ground, 85.7 x 50.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Although badly damaged, this picture is a rare work…
Verrocchio, Andrea del (1435-1488) Madonna col Bambino e angeli (Madonna and Child with Angels) c.1475 Stucco & paint relief, 140 x 80.5 x 15.5 cm Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) La discesa di Cristo nel Limbo (The Descent of Christ into Limbo) c.1475–1480 Oil on vellum on panel, 51.8 x 37.3 cm Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol
Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) La Générosité (Generosity) 1894 Oil and pencil on buff paper mounted on canvas, 142.2 × 284.5 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Melencolia I 1514 Engraving, 23.66 × 18.42 cm Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee
Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) La Fuite en Egypte (The Flight into Egypt) 1627–1628 Oil on canvas, 102.9 x 127.6 cm Worcester Art Museum, Worcester
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) La Sainte Famille, Le Repos pendant la fuite en Égypte (Holy Family, The Rest on the Flight into Egypt) 1719 Oil on canvas, 117 × 98 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678) The Temptation of the Magdalene c.1616 Oil on panel, 126.2 × 96.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In this half-length biblical painting, an aged woman offering tempting jewels—possibly the proprietor of a brothel—and an angel bestowing spiritual…
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Giuditta mostra la testa di Oloferne (Judith Displaying the Head of Holofernes) 1703–1704 Oil on canvas, 77.5 x 102.9 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis