Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) Le bon Samaritain (The good Samaritan) 1846 Oil on canvas, 41 x 32.7 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Le bon Samaritain (1846)
Tag: Biblical
Jephthah (1867)
Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) Jephthah 1867 Oil on canvas, 127 x 162.7 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Rocky landscape with Hagar and Ishmael (c.1788)
Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Rocky landscape with Hagar and Ishmael c.1788 Oil on canvas, 78.2 x 95 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Samson and Delilah (c.1609-1610)
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Samson and Delilah c.1609–1610 Oil on wood, 185 × 205 cm National Gallery, London Peter Paul Rubens’s Samson and Delilah portrays a tragedy of love and betrayal. According to the Old Testament, Samson, a Jewish hero blessed…
Pentecoste (c.1310-1318)
Giotto (c.1267-1337) & Workshop Pentecoste (Pentecost) c.1310–1318 Egg tempera on poplar, 45.5 × 44 cm National Gallery, London The simplicity of the storytelling, the inclusion of lively details – like the old man who turns his head to better hear the…
The Adoration of the Kings (before 1621)
Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) The Adoration of the Kings before 1621 Oil on copper, 33.7 x 48.7 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Compare: Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) Adoration of the Magi 1598–1600 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Brueghel, Jan the…
Joseph Interpreting the Prisoners’ Dreams (c.1638)
Flinck, Govert (1615-1660) Joseph Interpreting the Prisoners’ Dreams c.1638 Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, on ivory laid paper, 17.3 × 20.6 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago For many years, this drawing was believed to be by…
La fuga in Egitto (c.1515)
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) La fuga in Egitto (The Flight into Egypt) c.1515 Oil on panel, 72 x 111 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Joseph, Mary, and her newborn son, Jesus, have fled Bethlehem and are on the road to Egypt. They…
Susanna e i vecchioni (c.1720)
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Susanna e i vecchioni (Susanna and the Elders) c.1720 Oil on canvas, 66.7 x 54.3 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
The Return of the Holy Family from Egypt (c.1630)
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) The Return of the Holy Family from Egypt c.1630 Oil on canvas, 231.5 x 153 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford