Guercino (1591-1666) Ritorno del figliol prodigo (Homecoming of the Prodigal Son) 1619 Oil on canvas, 107 × 143.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Compare: Guercino (1591-1666) Il ritorno del figliol prodigo 1654–1655 Timken Museum of Art, San Diego
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Susanna e i vecchioni (Susanna and the Elders) c.1560 Oil on canvas, 167 x 238 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Compare: Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Susanna e i Vecchioni 1552–1555 Museo del Prado, Madrid Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Susanna e i vecchioni…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Judith with the head of Holofernes c.1530 Oil on lime, 87.7 × 58.1 × 2.4 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Daniel in the Lions’ Den c.1614–1616 Oil on canvas, 224.2 x 330.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington The Old Testament recounts how the Persian king Darius I “The Great” (550–486 BC) condemned the devout and steadfast…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Crucifixion with the Converted Centurion 1538 Oil on panel, 61.6 × 42.2 cm Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Heroine from the Old Testament 1632–1633 Oil on canvas, 109.2 x 94.4 cm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Il trionfo di Mardocheo (The Triumph of Mordecai, from “The Book of Esther”) c.1475 Tempera and oil on poplar, 48.3 x 43.2 x 3.5 cm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa These work belonged to a set of six…
Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le fils prodigue (The Prodigal Son) c.1879 Oil on linen, 106.5 x 146.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Compare: Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le fils prodigue 1879 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Puvis de…
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Lot and His Daughters (reverse) c.1496–1499 Oil on panel, 52.4 x 42.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington This scene is painted on the reverse side of Dürer‘s Madonna and Child. The story of Lot and his daughters…
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) El regreso del hijo pródigo (The Return of the Prodigal Son) 1667–1670 Oil on canvas, 236.3 x 261 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Murillo‘s great talent for dramatic painting is apparent in this monumental depiction of…