Blake, William (1757-1827) The Last Supper 1799 Tempera on canvas, 30.5 x 48.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A long, rectangular dining table is surrounded by thirteen people in this horizontal painting. The skin of all the people, some of…
Raffaello (1483-1520) La pesca miracolosa (The Miraculous Draught of Fishes, Luke 5: 1-11) c.1515–1516 Cartoon for a tapestry, 322 × 401 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London The Raphael Cartoons are designs for tapestries and were commissioned from Raphael by Pope Leo…
El Greco (1541-1614) San Pablo (St. Paul) 1598–1600 Oil on canvas, 69.9 x 55.9 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Distinguished by his sword, the Christian apostle Paul holds a folded paper between the tips of his fingers. Its Greek…
Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) Saint Thomas 1609–1610 Oil on canvas, 105 × 84.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Ribera’s early painting of Doubting Thomas was once part of a series of works depicting the apostles. Such ensambles of portrait-like paintings…
El Greco (1541-1614) Santiago el Menor? (Saint James the Lesser, Study of a Male Head) c.1600 Oil on canvas, 49.5 × 42.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Apostle Judas Thaddeus 1619–1621 Oil on oak, 61.4 × 49.7 × 2 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The so-called Böhler series of 13 busts depicting Christ and the 12 apostles (only two of them in the KHM) dates…
Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) Apostolo (An Apostle) c.1615–1619 Oil on canvas, 62 x 49.5 cm National Gallery, London This painting probably belonged to a series of Apostles. Although he was previously identified as Saint Judas Thaddaeus, usually portrayed with a club…