Raffaello (1483-1520) L’annunciazione (The Annunciation) 1502–1504 Oil tempera on panel, 267 x 163 cm Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vaticano This painting is the left part of the predella of the Oddi Altarpiece.
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) The Virgin of Chancellor Rolin c.1434–1435 Oil on panel, 66 x 62 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Painted for Nicolas Rolin (around 1376/80-1462), chancellor of the Duke of Burgundy Philippe the Good, to adorn the personal chapel (Saint-Sébastien…
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Madonna in the Church c.1437–1440 Oil on oak panel, 31.1 x 13.9 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin The Madonna in the Church is one of the most beautiful and precious works of art created by Jan van Eyck. Copies…
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) The Annunciation c.1434–1436 Oil on canvas transferred from panel, 90.2 x 34.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington The Annunciation described by Saint Luke is interpreted in terms of actuality in this painting, which was probably once…
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Two Chained Monkeys 1562 Oil on oak panel, 19.9 x 23.3 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin SHELFMARK / INSCRIPTION: Inscription lower left: • BRVEGEL • MDLXII • This unusual picture dates from the year 1562, shortly before Bruegel…
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Rain, Steam, and Speed – The Great Western Railway 1844 Oil on canvas, 91 x 121.8 cm National Gallery, London A steam engine rushes towards us as it speeds along a bridge through the rain. The bridge…
Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Porte de la Reine à Aigues-Mortes (Porte de la Reine at Aigues-Mortes) 1867 Oil on canvas, 80.6 x 99.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York During the late spring of 1867 Bazille visited the town of Aigues-Mortes near…