Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette (Kop van een skelet met brandende sigaret) 1886 Oil on canvas, 32.3 x 24.8 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam F0212-JH0999 This skeleton with a burning cigarette is a student-like joke. Van…
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Christ on the Cross 1627 Oil on panel, 105.3 x 73 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection When he returned to Antwerp after his sojourn in Italy, Anton van Dyck painted several Crucifixions for different churches…
Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) San Girolamo penitente (Penitent Saint Jerome) 1546 Oil on canvas, 99 x 90 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Lorenzo Lotto‘s various depictions of the penitent Saint Jerome span early versions influenced by Albrecht Dürer and Giovanni Bellini (Musée…
Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910) The Scapegoat 1854–1856 Oil on canvas, 86 x 140 cm Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight Compare: Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910) The Scapegoat 1854–1855 Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Oedipe et le Sphinx (Oedipus and the Sphinx) c.1826 Oil on canvas, 17.5 × 13.7 cm National Gallery, London Oedipus, a figure from Greek mythology, stands nude and in profile before the Sphinx, who guards the…
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Meditazione sulla passione (The Meditation on the Passion) c.1490 Oil and tempera on wood, 66.5 × 84.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This remarkable picture is a meditation on death and resurrection. Christ’s dead body is displayed…
El Greco (1541-1614) Cristo en la cruz con un paisaje de Toledo (Christ on the Cross with a View of Toledo) c.1610–1614 Oil on canvas, 104.1 x 61.9 cm Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati See also: • Catedral Primada Santa María de…
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) La Vergine con sei santi (The Virgin with Six Saints) 1755–1756 Oil on canvas, 72.8 × 56 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Géricault, Théodore (1791-1824) Lions dans un paysage montagneux (Lions in a Mountainous Landscape) c.1818–1820 Oil on wood, 48.3 x 59.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This vigorous painting of six lions in a remote, spectrally illuminated lair—possibly intended to…
Giotto (c.1267-1337) Crocifisso di Santa Maria Novella (Crucifix of Santa Maria Novella) c.1288–1289 Tempera on wood, 578 x 406 cm Santa Maria Novella, Firenze At the center of the nave, high above the steps that separate the lower from the upper…