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Martirio di sant’Andrea (1628)

Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) Martirio di sant’Andrea (The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew) 1628 Oil on canvas, 206.1 × 177.7 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Seventeenth-century Naples was, according to many, hell upon earth. Impoverished by Spanish rule, the life of the…

Christ Carrying the Cross (1480s)

Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Workshop Christ Carrying the Cross (Calvary Triptych, left shutter) 1480s Oil on oak, 58 × 27.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Calvary Triptych (1480s) Central panel: Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Calvary 1480s Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest     Exterior:…

Flagellazione di Cristo (c.1641-1644)

Guercino (1591-1666) Flagellazione di Cristo (The Flagellation of Christ) c.1641–1644 Oil on canvas, 351 x 176.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Giovanni Francesco Barbieri eked out his first fifty years in his native town, day after day waiting for the death…