Caravaggio (1571-1610) Deposizione (Entombment of Christ) c.1600–1604 Oil on canvas, 300 x 203 cm Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vaticano The Deposition, considered one of Caravaggio‘s greatest masterpieces, was commissioned by Girolamo Vittrice for his family chapel in S. Maria in Vallicella (Chiesa Nuova) in Rome.…
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Naissance de Vénus (Birth of Venus) 1879 Oil on canvas, 300 x 215 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Crocifissione di Sant’Andrea (The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew) 1606–1607 Oil on canvas, 202.5 x 152.7 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Although Saint Andrew is typically associated with an X-shaped cross, here he is depicted on a standard vertical cross.…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Cattura di Cristo (The Taking of Christ) 1602 Oil on canvas, 133.5 x 169.5 cm National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin Throughout history, few artists have caused as radical a change in pictorial perceptions as Caravaggio. From the moment his talent…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Portrait of John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony c.1530s Oil on panel, 62.8 x 39.7 cm Private Collection See also: • John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1503-1554)
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) & Workshop Frederick III the Wise 1533 Oil on beech, 20.3 x 14.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York These posthumous portraits of the Saxon electors Friedrich III, the Wise, and Johann I, the Constant…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Portrait of Frederick the Wise 1530–1535 Oil on panel, 62.9 x 47.3 cm Private Collection Compare: Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Portrait of Frederick the Wise c.1525 Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Frederick…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Ritratto di un cavaliere di Malta, Fra Antonio Martelli (Portrait of a Knight of Malta) 1608 Oil on canvas, 118.5 x 95.5 cm Galleria Palatina, Firenze See also: • Martelli, Antonio (1534-1618)
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Cena in Emmaus (Supper at Emmaus) 1606 Oil on canvas, 141 x 175 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Caravaggio painted the Supper at Emmaus between 1605 and 1606, probably painted on the Colonna estate in Paliano where he sought refuge…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) David con la testa di Golia (David with the Head of Goliath) c.1600–1601 Oil on poplar, 91.2 x 138.5 x 2.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Caravaggio succinctly summarizes the biblical story of David’s victorious battle against the giant Philistine general…