Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) Aristotele (Aristotle) 1637 Oil on canvas, 124.4 x 99 cm Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Ribera‘s image of Aristotle is one of six imaginary portraits of ancient philosophers commissioned in 1636 by the prince of Liechtenstein. The artist’s…
El Greco (1541-1614) San Mateo (St. Matthew) c.1610–1614 Oil on canvas,28-1/4 x 21-5/8 in. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Domenikos Theotokopolous, known as El Greco (the Greek), was a native of the island of Crete. He was trained there as a painter…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Self-Portrait c.1629 Oil on oak panel, 44 cm × 34 cm Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Over the course of more than forty years, Rembrandt portrayed his own likeness at least seventy-five times. In this highly unconventional work, painted when…
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) The Entry of Christ into Jerusalem c.1617 Oil on canvas, 151 × 229.2 cm Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis In 1618, Peter Paul Rubens referred to the young Anthony van Dyck as “the best of my pupils.” This…
La Tour, Georges de (1593-1652) Les Larmes de saint Pierre (The Tears of Saint Peter / Saint Peter Repentant) 1645 Oil on canvas, 114 x 95 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland During Jesus’s arrest on the night of the Last Supper,…
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Giotto Painting Dante’s Portrait c.1859 Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on cream wove paper, mounted to paper-backed canvas, 47.6 x 56.4 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA Compare: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Giotto Painting the Portrait of Dante 1852 Private collection…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) La fuga in Egitto (The Flight into Egypt) 1510 Oil on canvas, 151 x 89 cm Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris Attributed to Botticelli, a painter in whom Nélie André was particularly interested, this painting represents a famous biblical episode—the flight…
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Ecce Homo c.1500 Oil on canvas, 54 x 42 cm Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris Although many representations of a suffering Christ have been produced since the medieval period, this painting is an exceptional work in the history of painting, due…
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Portrait of a Judge c.1620 Oil on canvas, 117 x 98 cm Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris With its two influences—that of the Antwerp tradition complemented by the Venetian influence—this splendid portrait of a magistrate could only have been executed…
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Portrait of Jan Brueghel c.1626–1632 Etching, 9 3/4 x 6 1/8 in. Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Jan Brueghel (about 1568–1625) was a very successful Flemish painter active in Antwerp. He was the second son of Pieter Bruegel…