Tag: apostle

Incredulità di san Tommaso (1621)

Guercino (1591-1666) Incredulità di san Tommaso (The Incredulity of Saint Thomas) 1621 Oil on canvas, 115.6 x 142.5 cm National Gallery, London The New Testament recounts how, after his crucifixion, Christ rose from the dead and appeared to his apostles.…

Incoronazione della Vergine, detta Pala Oddi (1502-1504)

Raffaello (1483-1520) Incoronazione della Vergine, detta Pala Oddi (Oddi Altarpiece, Coronation of the Virgin) 1502–1504 Oil tempera on panel, transferred to canvas, 267 x 165 cm Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vaticano Predella: Raffaello (1483-1520) L’annunciazione 1502–1504 Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vaticano     Raffaello (1483-1520) L’Adorazione dei Magi…

L’orazione nell’Orto (1504-1505)

Raffaello (1483-1520) L’orazione nell’Orto (The Agony in the Garden) c.1504–1505 Oil on wood, 24.1 x 28.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This panel was originally part of the base (predella) of the Colonna Altarpiece (Pala Colonna). This panel was…

El Sacramento de la Última Cena (1955)

Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) El Sacramento de la Última Cena (The Sacrament of the Last Supper) 1955 Oil on canvas, 166.7 cm × 267 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington One transparent, ghostly man sits and twelve more people wearing long robes…

Orazione nell’orto (c.1455-1456)

Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Orazione nell’orto (Agony in the Garden) c.1455–1456 Egg tempera on wood, 62.9 × 80 cm National Gallery, London Christ is shown in prayer. Aware that his disciple Judas had betrayed him, he left Jerusalem and took refuge in…

Morte della Vergine (c.1462)

Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Morte della Vergine (Death of the Virgin) c.1462 Oil on wood, 54.5 x 42 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The Virgin Mary lies on her deathbed, surrounded by eleven Apostles. Through the window, the Borgo di San Giorgio and…

L’Ultima Cena (1498)

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) L’Ultima Cena (The Last Supper) 1498 Tempera on plaster, 460 x 880 cm Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milano